WoRMS taxon details

Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)

To GB Mollusca Types (Buccinum liratum Martyn, 1784; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00243)
To GB Mollusca Types (Buccinum liratum Martyn, 1784; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00243)

146732  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146732)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
  10. Boreotrophon (Genus)
  11. Boreotrophon clathratus (Species)
accepted
Species
Boreotrophon cepulus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Buccinum lamellatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Buccinum lyratum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus costatus Hisinger, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus scalariformis A. Gould, 1840 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Murex bamffius Donovan, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Tritonium gunneri Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tritonium rossi Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trophon cepulus [sic] · unaccepted (wrong gender agreement)
Trophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (synonym)
Trophon clathratus var. maxima [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Trophon richardsonii Gray, 1869 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
marine
(of Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1223 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Arctic seas to Maine  
Distribution Arctic seas to Maine [details]

Distribution Commonly dredged in British waters  
Distribution Commonly dredged in British waters [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146732 on 2025-07-15
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2005-01-31 08:36:51Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Trophon clathratus var. intermedius Verkrüzen, 1881) Verkrüzen, T.A. (1881). Bericht über meinen Besuch der grossen Bank von Neufundland in Sommer 1880. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 82-100, pls 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16287062
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Trophon clathratus var. maximus Verkrüzen, 1881) Verkrüzen, T.A. (1881). Bericht über meinen Besuch der grossen Bank von Neufundland in Sommer 1880. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 82-100, pls 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16287062
page(s): 84 [details] 

original description (of Trophon richardsonii Gray, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette <i>La Recherche</i> en juin 1838. <em>Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 21. [details] 

original description (of Buccinum lamellatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 

original description (of Buccinum lyratum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3494 [details] 

original description (of Fusus scalariformis A. Gould, 1840) Gould, A. A. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> (1) 38: 196-197., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30966509
page(s): 197. [details] 

original description (of Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1223 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tritonium gunneri Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288 [details] 

original description (of Tritonium rossi Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Murex bamffius Donovan, 1804) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5 pl. 169 fig. 1 [details] 

original description (of Trophon clathratus var. maxima [sic]) Verkrüzen, T.A. (1881). Bericht über meinen Besuch der grossen Bank von Neufundland in Sommer 1880. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 82-100, pls 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16287062
page(s): 84 [details] 

original description (of Trophon clathratus var. intermedia Verkrüzen, 1881) Verkrüzen, T.A. (1881). Bericht über meinen Besuch der grossen Bank von Neufundland in Sommer 1880. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 82-100, pls 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16287062
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Trophon gunneri var. coddi Harmer, 1918) Harmer F.W. (1914-1918). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 1. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 67(330): 1-200, pl. 1-24 (part 1, February 1914); 68(333): 201-302, pl. 25-32 (part 2, July 1915); 70 (337): 303- 461, pl. 33-44 (part 3, February 1918); 71(341): i-xii, 463-483 (part 4, April 1919)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36965666 [details] 

original description (of Tritonium clathratum f. elatior Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 456 [details] 

original description (of Tritonium clathratum f. normalis Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 455-456 [details] 

original description (of Tritonium clathratum f. ventricosa Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 456-457 [details] 

original description (of Murex (Trophon) clathratus var. grandis Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette <i>La Recherche</i> en juin 1838. <em>Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 21. [details] 

basis of record Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 25 to 50 mm [details]

Distribution Arctic seas to Maine [details]

Distribution Commonly dredged in British waters [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Publication date (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
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LanguageName 
Danish vingeribbet pigsnegl  [details]
Dutch grote ribhoren  [details]
English clathrate trophon  [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trophonopsis clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Boreotrophon cepulus [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (213 publications) (from synonym Trophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Fusus costatus Hisinger, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Neptunea beringi (Dall, 1902))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Fusus scalariformis A. Gould, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Trophon gunneri (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Murex bamffius Donovan, 1804)
To Conchology (Boreotrophon clathratus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boreotrophon clathratus) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Buccinum liratum Martyn, 1784; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00243) (from synonym Buccinum lyratum Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Malacopics (Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767) Iceland, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Kollafjördur, G... 
To Malacopics (Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767) Japan, Hokkaidô-d?, Cape Erimo, collected 1... 
To Malacopics (Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767) Norway, Sor-Trondelag, Stjörnfjord, near Tr... 
To Malacopics (Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)) 
To PESI (from synonym Trophon clathratus var. grandis (Mörch, 1869))
To PESI (from synonym Trophon richardsonii Gray, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum lamellatum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum lyratum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Trophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium gunneri Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium clathratum (Linnaeus, 1767))
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium rossi Mörch, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Fusus scalariformis A. Gould, 1840)
To PESI (from synonym Murex clathratus Linnaeus, 1767)
To PESI (from synonym Fusus costatus Hisinger, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Trophon gunneri (Lovén, 1846))
To PESI (from synonym Trophon clathratus var. maxima [sic])
To PESI (from synonym Trophon clathratus var. intermedia Verkrüzen, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Trophon gunneri var. coddi Harmer, 1918)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium clathratum f. elatior Middendorff, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium clathratum f. normalis Middendorff, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium clathratum f. ventricosa Middendorff, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Murex bamffius Donovan, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Trophon cepulus [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed