MolluscaBase - Haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

217157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217157)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Haustellum Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Murex haustellum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Aranea denudata Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)

Haustellum haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Haustellum laeve Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex (Haustellaria) erythrostoma Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex haustellum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Murex scolopaceus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subspecies Haustellum haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Murex haustellum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217157 on 2026-06-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-03-19 08:41:03Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-10-29 07:29:20Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-08-12 02:03:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Murex haustellum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Murex (Haustellaria) erythrostoma Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 296 [details]

original description (of Murex scolopaceus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Haustellum laeve Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

original description (of Aranea denudata Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

basis of record Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. Records of the Australian Museum. 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/ [details]

additional source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 65 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 94. [details]

redescription Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]

identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]