African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cymbiola aulica ([Lightfoot], 1786)

AfReMaS taxon details

Cymbiola aulica ([Lightfoot], 1786)

AphiaID

220953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220953)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cymbiola Swainson, 1831

Original name

Voluta aulica [Lightfoot], 1786

Environment

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

Original description

Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 189, #4021 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola aulica ([Lightfoot], 1786). 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=220953 on 2026-06-11

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. Cymbiola aulica ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220953 on 2026-06-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-05-28 06:51:36Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2009-03-17 12:46:50Z

changed

Bail, Patrice

2020-03-20 20:13:01Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2025-05-05 00:47:16Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 189, #4021 [details]

basis of record MacDonald & Co. (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney. [details]

additional source Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): xxix [details]