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Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758

216384  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216384)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 709 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Type locality contained in Ambon  
type locality contained in Ambon [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216384 on 2024-03-28
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
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2010-10-02 22:08:23Z
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2016-05-15 00:46:20Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 709 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Saunders W.B., Mapes R.H., White M.M., Hastie L.C. & Yaqin K. (2017). Descriptions of <i>Nautilus pompilius</i> Linnaeus, 1758 from the type area, Ambon, Molucca Islands, and from Sumbawa - Lombok Islands, Indonesia. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 35(1): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.035.0102 [details]   

additional source Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]   

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 177 [details]   

additional source Jereb, P. (2005). Family Nautilidae. pp. 51-55, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 53 [details]   

additional source Keferstein, W. (1866). Beiträge zur Anatomie des <i>Nautilus pompilius</i>. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 13: 21-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855927#page/35/mode/1up [details]   

additional source Habe, T.; Okutani, T. (1988). A New Subspecies of Living Nautilus (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) from the Sulu Sea. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 47(2):91-94. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Barord, G. J.; Combosch, D. J.; Giribet, G.; Landman, N.; Lemer, S.; Veloso, J.; Ward, P. D. (2023). Three new species of Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) from the Coral Sea and South Pacific. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1143: 51-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1143.84427
page(s): 57 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

subsequent type designation ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2426 (Case 3703). <i>Nautilus pompilius</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Nautilida): neotype designated. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 288-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a063 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Editor's comment Published records of this species from the NZEEZ are based on rare beached shells that have probably originated from the tropical western Pacific (i.e. flotsam) [details]
LanguageName 
English Emperor nautiluschambered nautilus  [details]
French Nautile flammé  [details]
German Gemeines SchiffsbootGemeines Perlboot  [details]
Japanese オウムガイ  [details]
Spanish Nautilo común  [details]