African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Pterocera Lamarck, 1799

AphiaID

204193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204193)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Lambis Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Pterocera Lamarck, 1799

Direct children (7)

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Species Pterocera aurantia Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Lambis crocata (Link, 1807) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Pterocera chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pterocera millipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pterocera rugosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Harpago rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (original combination)
Species Pterocera scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 72 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pterocera Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204193 on 2026-04-17

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pterocera Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204193 on 2026-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-17 14:06:08Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-03-13 09:11:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-04-20 07:27:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-31 17:33:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-04-28 16:14:18Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2026-02-01 04:28:35Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 72 [details]

additional source Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. American Journal of Conchology. 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960 [details]