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Pterocera scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
215030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215030)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Strombus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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(of Strombus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960
page(s): 134 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960
page(s): 134 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Spelling P. scorpio in Odhner, 1919 [details]
