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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Tectus (Tectus) pyramis (Born, 1778)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus pyramis Born, 1778
   Trochus obeliscus Gmelin, 1791
   Trochus caerulescens Lamarck, 1822

Common Name

Pyramid Trochus p.172      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.23 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.32 

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
exposure: exposed [ coast ]
exposure: sheltered 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: rocky shore 
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Blackburn, H. 1976. p.4 [fig. 5, Darwin area]  General reference
 Blainville, H.M.D. de 1828. p.450 [as T. caerulescens, Australia (New Holland)]  General reference
 Born, I. von 1780. p.333 General reference
 Brazier, J. 1877. p.42 [Darnley Island]  General reference
 Chemnitz, J.H. 1781. p.170 [figs 1652, 1653]  General reference
 Coleman, N. 1981. p.172 [fig. 496]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1964. p.15 [T. obeliscusArnhem Land]  General reference
 Demond, J. 1957. p.285 [ecology and distribution]  General reference
 Deshayes, G.P. 1843. p.134 [as T. caerulescens, Australia (New Holland)]  General reference
 Dufo 1840. p.187 [Sechelles and The Amirates, as Trochus obeliscus]  General reference
 Fischer, P. 1875. p.85 [pl. 19, fig. 2, as T. caerulescens, West Australia]  General reference
 Gray, J. E. 1827. p.479 [as T. caerulescens, South West Australia]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1899. p.404 [as T. caerulescens]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1907. p.478 [Masthead Island, Queensland, T. obeliscus]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1916. p.177 [as T. caerulescens and T. obeliscus]  General reference
 Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. p.96-98 [anatomy, and radula]  General reference
 Hinton, A. 1972. p.2 [fig. 2]  General reference
 King, P.P. 1827. p.204 [as T. caerulescens, Point Cunningham, Western Australia]  General reference
 Ladd, H.S. 1966. p.39 [on Pleistocene occurence]  General reference
 Lamarck, J.B.P. de M. 1822. p.18 [also as as T. caerulescens on p. 134?]  General reference
 Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1899. p.228 [Andaman Islands, as Trochus (Tectus) caerulescens]  General reference
 Pilsbry, H.A. 1889. p.19, 20 [pl. 2, figs 13, 14, pl. 4, fig. 26, as as T. obeliscus and T. obeliscus var. caerulescens]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1862. [pl. 2, sp. 8, and sp. 5 (as T. caerulescens), North West Australia]  General reference
 Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.31 [pl. 1, fig. 15]  General reference
 Schmeltz, J.D.K. 1874. p.146 [Port Denison]  General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.5 [fig. 21, Phuket, Thailand]  General reference
 Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1880. p.116 [Port Douglas]  General reference
 Thiele, J. 1930. p.568 [Trochus (Tectus) obeliscus, Shark Bay, Western Australia]  General reference
 Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.40 [fig. 55]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.89 General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. p.26 [pl. 9, fig. 12, 12a]  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) pyramis (Born, 1778)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6666) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-21.