African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Trochus dentatus Forsskål, 1775

AfReMaS name details

Trochus dentatus Forsskål, 1775

AphiaID

216339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216339)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Tectus dentatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank

Species

Parent

Trochus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Trochus dentatus Forsskål, 1775

Environment

marine

Original description

Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 125 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trochus dentatus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216339 on 2026-04-06

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Trochus dentatus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216339 on 2026-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-13 08:24:17Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2006-03-22 14:38:13Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-03-31 11:25:58Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-27 20:07:00Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-08-29 07:11:35Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)
Links (1)

original description Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 125 [details]

subsequent type designation Yaron I., Schiotte T. & Wium-Andersen G. (1986). A review of molluscan taxa described by P. Forsskål and C. Niebuhr with citation of original descriptions, discussion of type-material available and selection of some lectotypes.. <i>Steenstrupia, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen 12(10)(1986)</i>: 157-200
page(s): 185-187 [details] Available for editors

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