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Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
211091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211091)
accepted
Species
Lambis (Lambis) truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyrula bengalina Grateloup, 1840 · unaccepted
Strombus bryonia Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Strombus truncatus [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Lambis truncata ngocngai Thach, 2023
- Subspecies Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)
- Subspecies Lambis truncata truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Subspecies Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872) accepted as Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
(of Strombus truncatus [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 133, species no. 2967 [details]
page(s): 133, species no. 2967 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211091 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Strombus truncatus [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 133, species no. 2967 [details]
original description (of Strombus bryonia Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3520 [details]
original description (of Pyrula bengalina Grateloup, 1840) Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 447, pl. 4 fig. 5. [details]
additional source Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details]
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): 22. [details]
source of synonymy Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), <i>A conchological iconography</i>. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details]
page(s): 133, species no. 2967 [details]
original description (of Strombus bryonia Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3520 [details]
original description (of Pyrula bengalina Grateloup, 1840) Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 447, pl. 4 fig. 5. [details]
additional source Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details]
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): 22. [details]
source of synonymy Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), <i>A conchological iconography</i>. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | giant spider conch | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lambis truncata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Strombus truncatus [Lightfoot], 1786)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lambis bryonia (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lambis truncata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Strombus truncatus [Lightfoot], 1786)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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