OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Trochidae
Tectus (Tectus) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767
Trochus zebra Perry, 1811
Astralium pagodus Tenison-Woods, 1879
Trochus montebelloensis Preston, 1914
Common Name
Button Shell p.58 Allan, J. 1950.
Button Trochus p.171 Coleman, N. 1981.
Trochus p.90, pl.91 Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
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: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.18
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.32
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: lower intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: coral reef
substrate: rock bottom
References
Adams, A. 1853. p.150 [north Australia] General reference
Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854. p.412 [pl. 46, fig. 7] General reference
Allan, J. 1947. General reference
Allan, J. 1950. p.57 [fisheries, reproduction] General reference
Basedow, H. 1918. p.162, 166 [pl. 17, fig. 2] General reference
Blainville, H.M.D. de 1828. p.449 General reference
Brazier, J. 1877. p.42 [Darnley Island] General reference
Coleman, N. 1981. p.171 [fig. 494] General reference
Cossmann, M. 1918. p.184 [text fig. 61] General reference
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.18 Distribution
Demond, J. 1957. p.285 General reference
Deshayes, G.P. 1843. p.132 [footnote] General reference
Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. p.760 General reference
Fischer, P. 1875. p.66 [pl. 10, north Australia] General reference
Gmelin, J.F. 1791. p.3565 General reference
Hanley, S. 1855. p.312, 527 General reference
Hedley, C. 1908. p.467 [discussion of A. pagodus] General reference
Hedley, C. 1916. p.177 General reference
Hedley, C. 1917. p.69 General reference
Hedley, C. 1917. General reference
Hedley, C. 1918. p.273 [Sunday Island, King Sound] General reference
Hinton, A. 1972. p.2 [fig. 1] General reference
Iredale, T. 1929. p.271 [generic considerations] General reference
Ladd, H.S. 1966. p.39 [pl. 4, fig. 25, fossil distribution] General reference
Lamarck, J.B.P. de M. 1822. p.17 General reference
Lischke, C.E. 1869. p.91 General reference
Lischke, C.E. 1869. p.84 General reference
Lister, M. 1685. p.617 [fig. 3] General reference
MacNeil, F.S. 1960. p.75 [pl. 18, fig 3, 5, fossil and recent distribution] General reference
Martens, E.C. von 1867. p.100 [synonymy and comparison with T. maximus] General reference
Martens, E.C. von 1869. p.97 General reference
Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1912. p.13 General reference
McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.54 [fig. 94] General reference
Moorhouse, F.W. 1932. General reference
Moorhouse, F.W. 1933. General reference
Philippi, R.A. 1847. p.32 [pl. 7, fig. 1, pl. 8, fig. 1] General reference
Pilsbry, H.A. 1889. p.17 [pl. 1, figs 5-8, fig. 1 (operculum); north Australia] General reference
Preston, H.B. 1914. p.16 [text fig., Montebello Island, Western Australia] General reference
Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. [pl. 62, fig. 12, animal] General reference
Randles, W.B. 1904. General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1862. [pl. 5, sp. 3] General reference
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.31 [pl. 1, fig. 16] General reference
Rumphius, G.E. 1705. [pl. 21, fig. A, fig. 3, 4] General reference
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.256 [fig. 12] General reference
Schepman, M.M. 1908. p.37 [several localities in Indonesia] General reference
Schmeltz, J.D.K. 1874. p.146 [Port Denison] General reference
Seba, A. 1758. p.3 [pl. 75, medio] General reference
Talavera, ?. & Faustino, ? 1931. General reference
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.5 [fig. 18] General reference
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. p.110 [Moreton Bay, Queensland] General reference
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1880. p.116 [Posrt Douglas, Queensland] General reference
Troschel, F.H. 1879. p.224 [pl. 21, fig. 11, radula] General reference
Watson, R.B. 1886. p.50 [north Australia] General reference
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.40 [fig. 52] General reference
Yen, T.-C. 1942. p.178 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) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6672) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.