original description
(of Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
source of synonymy
Herbert D.G. (1994). Trochus kotschyi, the first Indian Ocean record of the genus Osilinus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Zoology 233:345-357. [details]
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