MolluscaBase taxon details
Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
476557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:476557)
accepted
Species
Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Murex pyrum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Murex pyrum 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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476557 on 2026-04-21
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(of Murex pyrum 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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Murex pyrum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, in sand...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, in sand...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758))
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