WoRMS name details

Dicathais scalaris (Menke, 1829)

817260  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817260)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Rapaninae (Subfamily)
  10. Dicathais (Genus)
  11. Dicathais scalaris (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 34 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dicathais scalaris (Menke, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817260 on 2025-06-27
Date
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2014-09-15 08:54:27Z
created
Sartori, André F.
2023-12-22 19:00:33Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 34 [details] 

basis of record Wilson, B. R. & Gillett, K. (1974). Australian Shells. Illustrating and Describing 600 Species of Marine Gastropods from Australian Waters. A. H. & A. W. Reed. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 

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