OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Trochidae
Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Trochus dentatus Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Tectus dentatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.18
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
feeding mode: grazing
feeds on: plants [ macroalgae
]
habitat: reef flats
References
Sharabati, D. 1984. pl. 3, fig. 4 General reference
Smith, E.A. 1891. p.420 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
Trochini Rafinesque, 1810
Tectus Montfort, 1810
Tectus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810
Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=43815) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-28.