MolluscaBase taxon details
Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
216355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216355)
accepted
Species
Globulus vestiarius Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name and...)
unnecessary substitute name and thus objective synonym
Rotella lineolata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted
Rotella vestiaria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochus aequalis W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trochus vestiarius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trochus vestiarius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
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Description Solid, rounded shells, up to 2 cm wide, similar to Oxystele (above) but more flattened and with a glossy, highly variable...
Description Solid, rounded shells, up to 2 cm wide, similar to Oxystele (above) but more flattened and with a glossy, highly variable and colourfully patterned exterior. Habitat: eulittoral sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216355 on 2025-08-23
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original description
(of Globulus vestiarius 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 [details]
original description (of Rotella lineolata 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 [details]
original description (of Trochus vestiarius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Hickman, C. S. (1985). Comparative morphology and ecology of free-living suspension-feeding gastropods from Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, & Dudgeon D, editors. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 217-234. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 36, fig. 50. [details]
identification resource Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
original description (of Rotella lineolata 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 [details]
original description (of Trochus vestiarius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 758 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (HKRMS) Hickman, C. S. (1985). Comparative morphology and ecology of free-living suspension-feeding gastropods from Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, & Dudgeon D, editors. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 217-234. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 36, fig. 50. [details]
identification resource Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Solid, rounded shells, up to 2 cm wide, similar to Oxystele (above) but more flattened and with a glossy, highly variable and colourfully patterned exterior. Habitat: eulittoral sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | button tops | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Umbonium vestiarium)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Zamboanga Peninsula, collected 1953, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Umbonium vestiarium)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Zamboanga Peninsula, collected 1953, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
