WoRMS taxon details
Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791)
468053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:468053)
accepted
Species
Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tugurium indicum (Gmelin, 17981) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xenophora (Onustus) indica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Xenophora helvacea R. A. Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted
Xenophora wagneri R. A. Philippi, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xenophorus helvaceus R. A. Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
marine
(of Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3575 [details]
page(s): 3575 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468053 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3575 [details]
original description (of Xenophora wagneri R. A. Philippi, 1855) Philippi, R. A. (1846-1855). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen <i>Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella</i>). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Ed. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zweiten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung.</em> 2(3): 1-372, pl. 1-49. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (pp. 1-24 [1846], 25-32 [1847], 33-72 [1848], 73-120 [1849], 121-136 [1850], 137-232 [1851], 233-248 [1852], 249-372 [1855]; pl. 1-6 [1846], 7-18 [1847], 19-24 [1848], 25-32, 34-39 [1849], 40-45 [1850], 33, 46-49 [1851])., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106978
page(s): 345 [details]
original description (of Xenophorus helvaceus R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1849-1851). Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6(2): 27–32 [May 1849]; 6(3): 33-35 [July 1849]; 8(2): 29-32 [June 1851]; 8(3): 39-48 [July 1851]; 8(4): 49-64 [15 July 1851]; 8(5): 65-74 [July 1851]. [Second issue (July 1849) entitled in error]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300529
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Xenophora helvacea R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1849-1851). Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6(2): 27–32 [May 1849]; 6(3): 33-35 [July 1849]; 8(2): 29-32 [June 1851]; 8(3): 39-48 [July 1851]; 8(4): 49-64 [15 July 1851]; 8(5): 65-74 [July 1851]. [Second issue (July 1849) entitled in error]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300529
page(s): 44 [details]
basis of record Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp. [details]
basis of record Kreipl, K. & Lorenz, F. (2023). <i>Carrier shells. Garbage collectors of the oceans. A portrait of the gastropod family Xenophoridae</i>. Molluscan Science, volume 4. 96 pp.
page(s): 66-67 [details]
page(s): 3575 [details]
original description (of Xenophora wagneri R. A. Philippi, 1855) Philippi, R. A. (1846-1855). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen <i>Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella</i>). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Ed. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zweiten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung.</em> 2(3): 1-372, pl. 1-49. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (pp. 1-24 [1846], 25-32 [1847], 33-72 [1848], 73-120 [1849], 121-136 [1850], 137-232 [1851], 233-248 [1852], 249-372 [1855]; pl. 1-6 [1846], 7-18 [1847], 19-24 [1848], 25-32, 34-39 [1849], 40-45 [1850], 33, 46-49 [1851])., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106978
page(s): 345 [details]
original description (of Xenophorus helvaceus R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1849-1851). Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6(2): 27–32 [May 1849]; 6(3): 33-35 [July 1849]; 8(2): 29-32 [June 1851]; 8(3): 39-48 [July 1851]; 8(4): 49-64 [15 July 1851]; 8(5): 65-74 [July 1851]. [Second issue (July 1849) entitled in error]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300529
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Xenophora helvacea R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1849-1851). Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6(2): 27–32 [May 1849]; 6(3): 33-35 [July 1849]; 8(2): 29-32 [June 1851]; 8(3): 39-48 [July 1851]; 8(4): 49-64 [15 July 1851]; 8(5): 65-74 [July 1851]. [Second issue (July 1849) entitled in error]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300529
page(s): 44 [details]
basis of record Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp. [details]
basis of record Kreipl, K. & Lorenz, F. (2023). <i>Carrier shells. Garbage collectors of the oceans. A portrait of the gastropod family Xenophoridae</i>. Molluscan Science, volume 4. 96 pp.
page(s): 66-67 [details]
Other
additional source
Raven, J.G.M. (H.). (2021). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo 8. Stromboidea (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda). Addendum, including the description of two new genera and seven new extinct species. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 20: 23-50.
page(s): 26, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 26, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Onustus indicus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Queensland, Keppel Bay, ex coll. J. Traus...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Onustus indicus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Queensland, Keppel Bay, ex coll. J. Traus...
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