WoRMS taxon details
Orectospira tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880)
468027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:468027)
accepted
Species
Echinella tectiformis R. B. Watson, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochocerithium tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echinella tectiformis R. B. Watson, 1880) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 94-95 [details]
page(s): 94-95 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Orectospira tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468027 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
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(of Echinella tectiformis R. B. Watson, 1880) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 94-95 [details]
new combination reference Habe, T. (1961). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i> (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
page(s): p. 24, pl. 11, fig. 5.; note: (After 1974 reprint) [details]
page(s): 94-95 [details]
new combination reference Habe, T. (1961). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i> (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
page(s): p. 24, pl. 11, fig. 5.; note: (After 1974 reprint) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Okutani T. (1964). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal gastropod Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. Soyo-Maru during the years 1955-1963. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo.</em> section II, 15(3): 371-447, 7 pls.
page(s): p. 390-391, pl. 1, fig. 14.; note: Misidentification of Trochocerithium shikoense (Yokoyama, 1928) fide Hasegawa & Okutani (2011:110). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993). <i>A systematic list of molluscan shells from the Japanese Is. and the adjacent area</i>. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan. xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp.
page(s): p. 102-103, n. 1395. [details]
additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): G753 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Okutani, T. & Iwahori, A. (1992). Noteworthy gastropods collected from bathyal zone in Tosa Bay by the R/V Kotaka-Maru in 1987 and 1988. <em>Venus.</em> 51(4): 235-268.
page(s): p. 243, figs 18-20 (radula figured). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hasegawa K. & Okutani T. (2011). A review of bathyal shell-bearing gastropods in Sagami Bay. <em>Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 47: 97-144., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/albums/abm.php?d=4885&f=abm00003826.pdf&n=4709.pdf
page(s): p. 110. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (2002). Book Review. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollsuca of Japan. <em>Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Osaka.</em> Type Figures. 208 pp ISBN 4”901172-02-6 in Venus. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tsuchida, E. (1986). Taxonomic revision on two species of the genus Orectospira (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(2): 75-86. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Okutani T. (1964). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal gastropod Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. Soyo-Maru during the years 1955-1963. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo.</em> section II, 15(3): 371-447, 7 pls.
page(s): p. 390-391, pl. 1, fig. 14.; note: Misidentification of Trochocerithium shikoense (Yokoyama, 1928) fide Hasegawa & Okutani (2011:110). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993). <i>A systematic list of molluscan shells from the Japanese Is. and the adjacent area</i>. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan. xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp.
page(s): p. 102-103, n. 1395. [details]
additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): G753 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Okutani, T. & Iwahori, A. (1992). Noteworthy gastropods collected from bathyal zone in Tosa Bay by the R/V Kotaka-Maru in 1987 and 1988. <em>Venus.</em> 51(4): 235-268.
page(s): p. 243, figs 18-20 (radula figured). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hasegawa K. & Okutani T. (2011). A review of bathyal shell-bearing gastropods in Sagami Bay. <em>Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 47: 97-144., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/albums/abm.php?d=4885&f=abm00003826.pdf&n=4709.pdf
page(s): p. 110. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (2002). Book Review. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollsuca of Japan. <em>Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Osaka.</em> Type Figures. 208 pp ISBN 4”901172-02-6 in Venus. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tsuchida, E. (1986). Taxonomic revision on two species of the genus Orectospira (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(2): 75-86. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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