WoRMS taxon details
Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791
216350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216350)
accepted
Species
Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
marine
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): 3571. [details]
page(s): 3571. [details]
Note 'In India'
Type locality 'In India' [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216350 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 3571. [details]
page(s): 3571. [details]
Other
additional source
Patterson Edward, J. K.; Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. (2022). Molluscs of the Gulf of Mannar, India and adjacent waters: A fully illustrated guide. Suganthi Devadason Marien Research Institute & Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala. Tuticorin. i-xx, 1-524.
page(s): 65, text fig. [details]
page(s): 65, text fig. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality 'In India' [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tectus tentorium) (from synonym Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791 Sri Lanka, Uturu palata, Jaffna, Nainativu Id.)
To Malacopics (Trochus tentorium Gmelin,1791 Sri Lanka, Uturu Pa?ata, Nainativu Island)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tectus tentorium) (from synonym Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791 Sri Lanka, Uturu palata, Jaffna, Nainativu Id.)
To Malacopics (Trochus tentorium Gmelin,1791 Sri Lanka, Uturu Pa?ata, Nainativu Island)