MolluscaBase taxon details
Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)
546929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:546929)
accepted
Species
Monilea (Priotrochus) obscura (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Monilea obscura (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Monodonta obscura (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Trochus (Aphanotrochus) obscurus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted
Trochus (Priotrochus) obscurus W. Wood, 1828 · alternative representation
Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(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]
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
Type locality contained in Durban Bay
type locality contained in Durban Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546929 on 2025-03-30
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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]
basis of record Herbert D.G. (1988). A new species of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from south-east Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(2):503-507. [details]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 36, fig. 48. [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.</em>
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 15. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 24 [details]
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
basis of record Herbert D.G. (1988). A new species of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from south-east Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(2):503-507. [details]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 36, fig. 48. [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.</em>
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 15. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 24 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priotrochus obscurus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, at lo...
To Malacopics (Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) Tanzania, Zanzibar, collected 1995, ex coll. J...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Monilea (Priotrochus) obscura (WOOD, 1842); Figuré; F.A26891) (from synonym Monilea (Priotrochus) obscura (W. Wood, 1828))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Monilea obscura (W. Wood, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priotrochus obscurus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, at lo...
To Malacopics (Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) Tanzania, Zanzibar, collected 1995, ex coll. J...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Monilea (Priotrochus) obscura (WOOD, 1842); Figuré; F.A26891) (from synonym Monilea (Priotrochus) obscura (W. Wood, 1828))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Monilea obscura (W. Wood, 1828))
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