WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Rhinoclavis vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

215122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215122)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840

Original name

Murex vertagus Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Cerithium (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cerithium despectum Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cerithium vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (chresonym)

Clava vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Murex vertagus Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)

Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · alternative representation

Vertagus vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Vertagus vulgaris Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex vertagus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1225 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhinoclavis vertagus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215122 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-04-30 06:01:06Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2014-04-03 17:48:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cerithium despectum Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): 143, pl. 35, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Murex vertagus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1225 [details]

original description (of Vertagus vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 228 [details]

basis of record Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida. [details]

Other

additional source 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 Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]