African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Vertagus asper (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Vertagus asper (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

215128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215128)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Rhinoclavis aspera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Vertagus Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840

Original name

Murex asper 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): 756 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vertagus asper (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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215128 on 2026-01-17

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. Vertagus asper (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215128 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-30 17:20:53Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-07-21 12:48:32Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-04-30 06:01:06Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2019-01-24 10:35:53Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Documented distribution (2)

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): 756 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality