African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cultellus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Cultellus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

216471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216471)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cultellus Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Solen cultellus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 673 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cultellus cultellus (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: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216471 on 2026-07-05

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. Cultellus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216471 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-09 09:59:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-08-09 20:15:18Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-03-20 15:28:41Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-22 14:32:48Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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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. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 673 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)