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Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

420024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420024)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Neptunea laevigata Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Fasciolaria tulipa hollisteri Weisbord, 1962 accepted as Fasciolaria hollisteri Weisbord, 1962 †

Environment

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

Original description

(of Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420024 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

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2010-01-25 09:14:48Z

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Tran, Bastien

2012-08-21 16:36:41Z

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2024-05-21 00:21:39Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Neptunea laevigata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]

basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Snyder, M. A. (2016). Fasciolaria guyanensis, a new species of Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from northeastern South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 165: 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1635/053.165.0103 [details]

Other

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad. 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 143 [details]

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad. Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 133 [details]

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. Journal of Conchology. 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 158 [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Snyder, M. A.; Vermeij, G. J.; Lyons, W. G. (2012). The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 76 (1-3): 31-70. [details] Available for editors

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