MolluscaBase - Cymatium dolarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Cymatium dolarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

1368791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1368791)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cymatium Röding, 1798

Original name

Murex dolarium Linnaeus, 1767

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Variety Cymatium dolarium var. adjacens W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) (junior synonym)
Variety Cymatium dolarium var. forticostatum W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Murex dolarium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1223-1224 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymatium dolarium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1368791 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-08-17 08:30:07Z

created

Herbert, David

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Murex dolarium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1223-1224 [details]

basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 29 [details]