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Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) 
AphiaID: 449924

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Tegulidae (Family) > Tectus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tectus Montfort, 1810
Synonymised
taxa		  Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767
Sources  basis of record: Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506. [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Distribution Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Image 
Tectus niloticus
Tectus niloticus
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:449924
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-01-29 10:28:24Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2011-09-16 12:25:12Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449924 on 2013-05-25
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