WoRMS taxon details
Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792
139062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139062)
accepted
Species
Cerithium (Contumax) nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted
Cerithium curvirostra Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium nodulosum nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted
Cerithium omissum Bayle, 1880 · unaccepted
Cerithium tuberosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium tuberosum Grateloup, 1847; C. omissum is a replacement name. Also junior secondary homonym of Murex tuberosus Dillwyn, 1817
Contumax decollatus Hedley, 1899 · unaccepted
Contumax hedleyi Viader, 1951 · unaccepted
Contumax nodulosus (Bruguière, 1792) · unaccepted
Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex tuberosus Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Cerithium nodulosum adansonii Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Cerithium adansonii Bruguière, 1792
- Subspecies Cerithium nodulosum erythraeonense Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Cerithium adansonii Bruguière, 1792
- Subspecies Cerithium nodulosum nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792
marine
Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 478 [details]
page(s): 478 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139062 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Cerithium curvirostra Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 35 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Contumax decollatus Hedley, 1899) Hedley, C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33592636
page(s): 437, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8(9): 273-315 [12 November 1896, + pls 9-11 published vol. 8(11) in April 1897]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980852
page(s): 310, pl. 11, fig. 73. [details]
original description (of Cerithium omissum Bayle, 1880) Bayle, E. (1880). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(3): 240-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919349
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Cerithium tuberosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 855, pl. 178 fig. 49 [details]
original description (of Murex tuberosus Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 749 [details]
original description (of Contumax hedleyi Viader, 1951) Viader R. (1951). New or unrecorded shells from Mauritius and its dependencies. <em>Mauritius Institute Bulletin.</em> 3(2): 127-153, pls 1-5.
page(s): 148, pl. 4, fig. 14. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554
page(s): 126, figs 89-96 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Cerithium curvirostra Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 35 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Contumax decollatus Hedley, 1899) Hedley, C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33592636
page(s): 437, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8(9): 273-315 [12 November 1896, + pls 9-11 published vol. 8(11) in April 1897]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980852
page(s): 310, pl. 11, fig. 73. [details]
original description (of Cerithium omissum Bayle, 1880) Bayle, E. (1880). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(3): 240-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919349
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Cerithium tuberosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 855, pl. 178 fig. 49 [details]
original description (of Murex tuberosus Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 749 [details]
original description (of Contumax hedleyi Viader, 1951) Viader R. (1951). New or unrecorded shells from Mauritius and its dependencies. <em>Mauritius Institute Bulletin.</em> 3(2): 127-153, pls 1-5.
page(s): 148, pl. 4, fig. 14. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554
page(s): 126, figs 89-96 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554
page(s): 127; note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
page(s): 127; note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Nadelschnecke giant knobbed cerith | [details] |
| German | Große Höckrige | [details] |
| Japanese | オニノツノガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerithium curvirostra Perry, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Murex tuberosus Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Contumax decollatus Hedley, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithium nodulosum)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896; Syntype(s) (figured); MANCH.EE.3729) (from synonym Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896)
To Malacopics (Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 Fiji, Western, Viti Levu, between Thuvu and Naev...
To Malacopics (Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 Indonesia, Maluku, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerithium curvirostra Perry, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Murex tuberosus Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Contumax decollatus Hedley, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithium nodulosum)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896; Syntype(s) (figured); MANCH.EE.3729) (from synonym Mathilda eurytima Melvill & Standen, 1896)
To Malacopics (Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 Fiji, Western, Viti Levu, between Thuvu and Naev...
To Malacopics (Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792 Indonesia, Maluku, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
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