WoRMS name details
Trochiscus G. B. Sowerby I, 1838
579283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579283)
unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of Trochiscus Heyden, 1826 and Trochiscus Held, 1837; Norrisia is a replacement name)
Genus
Trochiscus norrisii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 accepted as Norrisia norrisii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) (type by monotypy)
- Species Trochiscus norrisii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 accepted as Norrisia norrisii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby G.B. I. (1838). Description of a new genus of Trochidea, belonging to the family of Gasteropoda phytophaga. <em>The Magazine of Natural History, new series.</em> 2: 96-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296741
page(s): 97 [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trochiscus G. B. Sowerby I, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579283 on 2026-07-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby G.B. I. (1838). Description of a new genus of Trochidea, belonging to the family of Gasteropoda phytophaga. <em>The Magazine of Natural History, new series.</em> 2: 96-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296741
page(s): 97 [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 104 [details]
page(s): 104 [details]
Unreviewed
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