African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

215032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215032)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798

Original name

Strombus lambis 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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterocera lambis (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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215032 on 2026-07-18

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 lambis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215032 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-29 17:59:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2001-12-09 13:54:23Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-08-24 16:51:48Z

checked

Kronenberg, Gijs

2024-04-28 16:14:18Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors

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
page(s): 132-133 [details]

source of synonymy Walls, J. G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. Hong Kong: TFH Publications. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (109 publications)