WoRMS 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 superseded combination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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216355 on 2025-12-02
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
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]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
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]
additional source 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
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Barnard K.H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. <i>Annals of the South African Museum</i>, 47(2): 201–360., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854592
page(s): 284 [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Barnard K.H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. <i>Annals of the South African Museum</i>, 47(2): 201–360., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854592
page(s): 284 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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 | common button topsnailcommon button topbutton tops | [details] |
| German | Knopfschnecke | [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 19...
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 19...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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