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Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Specimen from Fuengirola, S. Spain, actual size 17 mm / juvenile specimen from Barbate, actual size 7 mm
Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Specimen from Fuengirola, S. Spain, actual size 17 mm / juvenile specimen from Barbate, actual size 7 mm

141790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141790)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Trochida (Order)
  7. Trochoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Trochidae (Family)
  9. Cantharidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Gibbula (Genus)
  11. Gibbula magus (Species)
accepted
Species
Cidaris flammea Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Forskalia (Magoforskalia) magus var. vulcanica Coen, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gibbula (Forskaliopsis) bellinii Coen, 1930 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Gibbula (Gibbula) magus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gibbula maga (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (specific name wrongly treated as...)  
specific name wrongly treated as adjective
Gibbula protumida Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gibbula vulcanica (Coen, 1937) · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trochus tuberculatus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141790 on 2026-08-04
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Nomenclature

original description (of Trochus tuberculatus da Costa, 1778) da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 44 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 757 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Gibbula (Forskaliopsis) bellinii Coen, 1930) Coen G. (1930). <i>Gibbula</i> (<i>Forskaliopsis</i> nov. sect.) <i>Bellinii</i> n. sp. nuovo gasteropodo marino di Capri. <i>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli (n. ser.) 6(4)</i>: 2 [details] 

original description (of Gibbula forskadauri F. Nordsieck, 1982) Nordsieck, F. (1982). <i>Die Europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. 2., Völlig Neubearbeitete und Erweiterte Auflage</i>. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xii + 539: pp. [details] 

original description (of Gibbula protumida Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 315, 583 [details] 

original description (of Trochus magus var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Trochus magus var. obsoleta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Trochus magus var. alba Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 306 [details] 

original description (of Forskalia (Magoforskalia) magus var. vulcanica Coen, 1937) Coen, G. (1937). Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 240: 1–173, 10 pls.
page(s): 142 [details] 

original description (of Cidaris flammea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 85 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Other

additional source Nicklès, M. (1950). <i>Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique</i>. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.
page(s): 41. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Avila S.P., Borges J.P. & Frias Martins A.M. de (2011) The littoral Trochoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Azores. <i>Journal of Conchology</i> 40(4): 408-427.
page(s): 416, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Coen, G. (1937). Del solco spirale soprasuturale nella <i>Gibbula magus</i> L. e del genere <i>Forskalia</i> H. e A. Adams. <em>Atti dell'Istituto Geo-Paleontologico, Reale Università di Catania.</em> 5: 4 pp., 1 pl. [details] 

additional source Spadini, V. (2021). The genus <i>Gibbula</i> Risso, 1826 (Trochidae: Cantharidinae) from the Pliocene of Siena. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 57: 82-91. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
Dutch knobbelige tolhorengeknobbelde tolhoren  [details]
English turban topsnailturban top shellgreat top shell  [details]
German ZauberbuckelschneckeZauberbuckelKnorrige Kreiselschnecke  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μαγικός τροχός  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (291 publications) (from synonym Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Trochus tuberculatus da Costa, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gibbula magus) 
To GenBank (7763 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To GenBank (7763 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , beached, ... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Saint-Jacut-de-la-M... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène, Pennti ar V... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) Morocco, Oued ed Dahab-Lagouira, 2 km N of Dakhla, E... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Amsterdam) 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Tholen, on imported French oys... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) Portugal, Açores, São Miguel, Ilheu de Vila Franca, ... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758) Portugal, Madeira, Porto Santo, Ponta da Calheta, be... 
To Malacopics (Gibbula magus (Linnaeus,1758) France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard) 
To PESI (from synonym Trochus tuberculatus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula (Forskaliopsis) bellinii Coen, 1930)
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula forskadauri F. Nordsieck, 1982)
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula protumida Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Gibbula vulcanica (Coen, 1937))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus magus var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus magus var. obsoleta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus magus var. elata Sandri & Danilo, 1856)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus magus var. dilatata Chiamenti, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus magus var. alba Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus magus Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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