African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

208961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208961)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cassis Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Buccinum glaucum Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 737 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208961 on 2026-01-19

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. Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208961 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-07-21 12:48:32Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2019-09-10 13:10:53Z

checked

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 737 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications)