WoRMS name details

Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821)

211098  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211098)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pterocera violacea Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). <i>Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells</i>. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): sign. B4 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Lambis violacea (Swainson, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211098 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
1997-03-01 15:31:58Z
created
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z
changed
2010-10-01 02:24:15Z
changed
2012-06-06 18:38:44Z
changed
2024-03-03 15:39:14Z
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original description  (of Pterocera violacea Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). <i>Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells</i>. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): sign. B4 [details]   

basis of record Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em>  [details]   

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 64 [details]   

additional source Mienis, H. K. (1972). On the alleged occurrence of <i>Lambis violacea</i> and <i>Clithon coronata</i> in Indonesia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 86(2-4): 82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511595 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Remark Not known with certainty outside St Brandon, one of the dependencies of Mauritius [details]