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Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

254477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254477)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Neptunea Röding, 1798

Original name

Murex lyratus Gmelin, 1791

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Subspecies Neptunea lyrata lyrata (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254477 on 2025-05-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254477 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-17 11:39:20Z

created

Huettmann, Falk

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2014-04-26 19:17:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

basis of record Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2017). On the identity of Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea), with description of Neptunea excelsior sp. nov. from the northern West Pacific. Gloria Maris. 56(3): 68-81. [details]

additional source Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2007). The family Buccinidae. Genus Neptunea. In: A Conchological Iconography [Directed by Guido T. Poppe & Klaus Groh]. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 159 pp., 154 pls. [details]