MolluscaBase - Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)

WoRMS name details

Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

224350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224350)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank

Species

Parent

Thais Röding, 1798

Original name

Buccinum haemastoma Linnaeus, 1767

Direct children (3)

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Subspecies Thais haemastoma biserialis (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Stramonita biserialis (Blainville, 1832)
Subspecies Thais haemastoma canaliculata Gray, 1839 accepted as Stramonita canaliculata (Gray, 1839)
Subspecies Thais haemastoma caniculata [sic] accepted as Thais haemastoma canaliculata Gray, 1839 accepted as Stramonita canaliculata (Gray, 1839) (misspelling)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Buccinum haemastoma 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): 1202 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224350 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-15 08:02:14Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2006-04-06 06:36:28Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2006-04-11 06:59:55Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-11-22 08:51:48Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-12-15 12:57:32Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2016-06-27 13:31:40Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-08-27 01:12:02Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Buccinum haemastoma 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): 1202 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 90 [details]

additional source Prezant, R. S. (1983). Auto-drilling in the oyster drill Thais haemastoma (Muricidae). The Nautilus. 97(2): 81-84, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274783 [details]