Tectus pyramis
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-04
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216328 on 2026-08-04
created: 1997-02-22T17:55:09Z
modified: 2017-12-31T07:29:49Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
class: Gastropoda
family: Tegulidae
genus: Tectus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
name published in: Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus.
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse.
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus Trochus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862].
name published in year: 1817
name published in year: 1778
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1861-1862
order: Trochida
parent name usage ID: 205149
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Born, 1778)
specific epithet: pyramis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted