WoRMS taxon details
Tectus Montfort, 1810
205149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205149)
accepted
Genus
Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810 accepted as Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyramidea Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyramis Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Pyramis Röding, 1798
Tectus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted
Trochus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Tectus architectonicus (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Tectus dentatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Tectus fabrei (Montrouzier, 1878)
- Species Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tectus franzhuberi Thach, 2025
- Species Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tectus noduliferus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
- Species Tectus royanus (Iredale, 1912)
- Species Tectus triserialis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Subgenus Tectus (Cardinalia) J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Rochia J. E. Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tectus (Cardinalia) virgatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Tectus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810 accepted as Tectus Montfort, 1810
- Species Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Tectus dentatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Tectus concavus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Infundibulum concavum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tectus elatus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Tectus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004 accepted as Rochia magnifica (Poppe, 2004)
- Species Tectus maximus (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) accepted as Rochia maxima (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Tectus obesus (Reeve, 1861) accepted as Trochus tubiferus Kiener, 1850
- Species Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810 accepted as Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tectus tabidus (Reeve, 1861) accepted as Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
- Species Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791
- Species Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Tectus (Rochia) J. E. Gray, 1857 represented as Rochia J. E. Gray, 1857
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 186 [details]
page(s): 2: 186 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tectus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205149 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 186 [details]
original description (of Pyramis 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): 70, 232 [details]
original description (of Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 224-225, 350 [details]
basis of record Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. <i>Zoologica Scripta</i> 37: 483–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 2: 186 [details]
original description (of Pyramis 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): 70, 232 [details]
original description (of Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 224-225, 350 [details]
basis of record Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. <i>Zoologica Scripta</i> 37: 483–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 97 [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
