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Species Tectus (Rochia) conus (Gmelin, 1791)


Compiler and date details

September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).

December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Generic Combinations

  • Tectus (Rochia) conus (Gmelin, 1791).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific. Distribution from Australian Museum collection.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Chemnitz, J.H. 1781. Neues systematisches Conchylien - Cabinet. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe Vol. 5 1-324, pls 160-193. [81, pl. 167, fig. 1710] (as Trochus acutangulus)

Deshayes, G.P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 9 728 pp. [139] (as Trochus elatus, misidentification cf. Hedley's notes)

Fischer, P. 1875. Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. pp. 1-96 in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 11. [94, pl. 26, fig. 1] (as Trochus acutangulus)

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [12, pl. 4, fig. 27]

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M42]

Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series 35: i-vi, 1-169 [96]

Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [36?] (as Trochus elatus, misidentification cf. Hedley's notes)

Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1912. "Perry's Arcana" - an overlooked work. Victorian Naturalist 29: 7-16 [10]

Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 2, fig. 4] (as Trochus apiaria)

Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 47, fig. 3] (as Trochus elatus, misidentification cf. Hedley's notes)

Philippi, R.A. 1848. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 33-72, pls 19-24 [36] (pl. 7, fig. 6 published 1847; as Trochus acutangulus)

Pilsbry, H.A. 1889-1890. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Series 1, Vol. 11 519 pp., pls 1-67. [pp. 1-208 issued 1889; pp. 209-519 issued 7 March 1890] [18, pl. 2, fig. 10]

Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [pl. 61, figs 22, 26] (as Trochus elatus, misidentification cf. Hedley's notes)

Reeve, L.A. 1862. Monograph of the genus Trochus. pls 1-16 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 13. [pl. 2, fig. 7] (as Trochus acutangulus)

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [32, pl. 4, fig. 2]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021 TROCHIDAE 18-Dec-2014 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
18-Aug-2021 13-Sep-2011 MOVED
09-Sep-2011 MODIFIED