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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861 
AphiaID: 216348

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVetigastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus nigropunctatus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus Linnaeus, 1758
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus (Infundibulum) nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus (Polydonta) nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus (Trochus) nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861 · accepted, alternate representation
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus hanleyanus Krauss, 1848
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus textilis Reeve, 1861
Sources 
identification resource Kilburn R.N. (1970) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8(4): 39-48. [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorblack-spotted topshell  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
South Africa
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorWest Coast of South Africa [details]
From other sources
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Description: as T. virgatus, but paler brown with darker bands and spots. Distribution: occurs in the southern part of the Western Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216348
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-05-22 10:11:26Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-12-07 10:04:53Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2012-07-10 01:41:48Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2015). Trochus nigropunctatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216348 on 2016-09-25
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