MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Triton gemmatus Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Triton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-4, March 1844; 5-8, April 1844; 9-12, May 1844; 13-19, June 1844; 20, August 1844]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937195#page/107/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 15, no. 60 [details]
basis of record
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Small, solid shell, up to 4 cm, with 1-2 varices and 10-15 prominent knobbly, spiral chords on each whorl. Outer lip with white denticles; aperture white. Colour creamy white or yellowish, occasionally with light, narrow, transverse bands and yellow blotches. Habitat: under coral and on sand in shallow and deep water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]