Species Tectus (Tectus) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1227].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, East Indies.
• Trochus zebra Perry, G. 1811. Arcana, or The museum of natural history: containing the most recent discovered objects: embellished with coloured plates, and corresponding descriptions: with extracts relating to animals, and remarks of celebrated travellers; combining a general survey of nature. London : James Stratford pl. XLIX–LXXXIV. [plate LXI].
• Astralium pagodus Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. On some new marine shells from Moreton Bay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(1): 108-111 [110].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay.
• Trochus montebelloensis Preston, H.B. 1914. Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Island, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 13-18 [Date published 30 Mar. 1914] [16-17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Montebello Islands, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tectus (Tectus) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, low intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

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Allan, J. 1947. The Trochus. Fisheries Newsletter. Australia 6(No. 2): 20-21 & 23, 3 figs

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Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [58] (Button Shell)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [171] (Button Trochus)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [90, pl. 91] (Trochus)

 

History of changes

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