WoRMS name details
Trochus tectus [Lightfoot], 1786
581684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581684)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 187, n. 3982. [details]
page(s): p. 187, n. 3982. [details]
Nomenclature "As Abbott has pointed out (1958), Lightfoot's name does not preoccupy Gmelin's Trochus tectum, since the latter trivial...
Nomenclature "As Abbott has pointed out (1958), Lightfoot's name does not preoccupy Gmelin's Trochus tectum, since the latter trivial name is a noun (Latin tectum= roof) in apposition to the genus, while Lighfoot used the adjective tectus (= covered or tiled)" [After Rehder, 1967:33] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trochus tectus [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581684 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 187, n. 3982. [details]
page(s): p. 187, n. 3982. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Rehder, H. A. (1967). Valid zoological names of the Portland Catalogue. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761472
page(s): p. 33. [details]
page(s): p. 33. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature "As Abbott has pointed out (1958), Lightfoot's name does not preoccupy Gmelin's Trochus tectum, since the latter trivial name is a noun (Latin tectum= roof) in apposition to the genus, while Lighfoot used the adjective tectus (= covered or tiled)" [After Rehder, 1967:33] [details]
