WoRMS name details

Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817)

208034  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208034)

 unaccepted
Species
marine
Not documented
Description Thick shell, up to 4 cm, with tall spire and large body whorl, upper whorls separated by deep sutures, and the entire...  
Description Thick shell, up to 4 cm, with tall spire and large body whorl, upper whorls separated by deep sutures, and the entire surface sculptured by numerous transverse grooves and spiral ridges. Columella narrow and outer lip crenulate. Colour variable, often brown with a faint band on body whorl, or entirely yellow or orange. Aperture white. Habitat: under boulders in lower eulittoral. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208034 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2002-01-04 11:38:38Z
changed
2010-09-07 21:15:58Z
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basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Thick shell, up to 4 cm, with tall spire and large body whorl, upper whorls separated by deep sutures, and the entire surface sculptured by numerous transverse grooves and spiral ridges. Columella narrow and outer lip crenulate. Colour variable, often brown with a faint band on body whorl, or entirely yellow or orange. Aperture white. Habitat: under boulders in lower eulittoral. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Publication date Year of descrition from Dautzenberg, 1929 [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ホラダマシ  [details]