African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833)

AfReMaS taxon details

Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 86288)

AphiaID

217166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217166)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Maculotriton Dall, 1904

Original name

Buccinum serriale Deshayes, 1833

Synonymised names

Charonia digitalis (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted

Colubraria digitalis (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted

Eutritonium digitale (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted

Maculotriton bracteatus (Hinds, 1844) · unaccepted

Maculotriton digitale (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Deshayes, G. P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge] in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 maps. [Date of publication after Kabat & Coan, 2019, The Nautilus, 133(3): 31-39.]. , available online at https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/item/16377-voyage-de-l-arabie-petree
page(s): 66, pl. 65 figs 32-34 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833). 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217166 on 2026-10-03

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. Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217166 on 2026-10-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-07-03 10:03:49Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2011-03-23 15:11:34Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-05-17 19:59:47Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2013-12-04 07:48:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-12-17 07:43:05Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-31 11:17:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Deshayes, G. P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge] in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 maps. [Date of publication after Kabat & Coan, 2019, The Nautilus, 133(3): 31-39.]. , available online at https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/item/16377-voyage-de-l-arabie-petree
page(s): 66, pl. 65 figs 32-34 [details]

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 42, pl. 27, fig. 10 [details]

additional source Houart, R. (1995). The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. ser. 4, 16 (A, 2-4): 245-297. [July 1995]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59176576 [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]