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Rhinovasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

1736026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1736026)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhinovasum Vermeij, 2024

Original name

Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Subspecies Rhinovasum rhinoceros attolinoi (T. Cossignani, 2017)
Subspecies Rhinovasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3458 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rhinovasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1736026 on 2026-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2024-02-11 05:02:01Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3458 [details]

new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. (2024). Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5405(4): 526-544., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3
page(s): 532-533 [details] Available for editors