WoRMS name details
Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758)
211062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211062)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex lotorium 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
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Description Heavy shell with rugged, knobbly exterior and pointed apex, up to 10 cm. Whorls with two prominent varices, outer lip...
Description Heavy shell with rugged, knobbly exterior and pointed apex, up to 10 cm. Whorls with two prominent varices, outer lip toothed. Colour brownish-yellow with darker brown or white markings. Habitat: rocky, eulittoral areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211062 on 2026-08-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex lotorium 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): 749 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 33, pl. 20, fig. 10 [details]
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 33, pl. 20, fig. 10 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Heavy shell with rugged, knobbly exterior and pointed apex, up to 10 cm. Whorls with two prominent varices, outer lip toothed. Colour brownish-yellow with darker brown or white markings. Habitat: rocky, eulittoral areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
