WoRMS name details
Strombus lentiginosus Linnaeus, 1758
215373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215373)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine
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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Description Solid lumpy shell, up to 10 cm, with large nodules on shoulders and spiral rows of smaller nodules on body whorl. Widely...
Description Solid lumpy shell, up to 10 cm, with large nodules on shoulders and spiral rows of smaller nodules on body whorl. Widely flaring lip with short siphonal canal and a deep channelled anal canal. White exterior marked by variable brown, purple and black blotches. Habitat: shallow sand near coral reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to C Pacific Ocean. Regional names: Kis. Chuwali. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Strombus lentiginosus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215373 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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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]
basis of record 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]basis of record 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]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Solid lumpy shell, up to 10 cm, with large nodules on shoulders and spiral rows of smaller nodules on body whorl. Widely flaring lip with short siphonal canal and a deep channelled anal canal. White exterior marked by variable brown, purple and black blotches. Habitat: shallow sand near coral reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to C Pacific Ocean. Regional names: Kis. Chuwali. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
