WoRMS taxon details
Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
216328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216328)
accepted
Species
Pyramis viridis Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Tectus tabidus (Reeve, 1861) · unaccepted
Trochus acutus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus caerulescens Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Trochus obeliscus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Trochus pyramis Born, 1778 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochus tabidus Reeve, 1861 · unaccepted
marine
(of Trochus pyramis Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 333 [details]
page(s): 333 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216328 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyramis viridis Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Trochus pyramis Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Trochus obeliscus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3579 [details]
original description (of Trochus caerulescens Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): pl. 444 fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Trochus acutus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 23. [details]
original description (of Tectus tabidus (Reeve, 1861)) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976 [details]
original description (of Trochus tabidus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Trochus pyramis Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Trochus obeliscus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3579 [details]
original description (of Trochus caerulescens Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): pl. 444 fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Trochus acutus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 23. [details]
original description (of Tectus tabidus (Reeve, 1861)) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976 [details]
original description (of Trochus tabidus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pyramid topsnailpyramid top | [details] |
| German | Pyramiden-Kreiselschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ギンタカハマ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tectus pyramis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Trochus pyramis Born, 1778)
To Malacopics (Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, at 9-18 m depth, ex coll. F....
To Malacopics (Tectus pyramis (Born,1778) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tectus pyramis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Trochus pyramis Born, 1778)
To Malacopics (Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, at 9-18 m depth, ex coll. F....
To Malacopics (Tectus pyramis (Born,1778) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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