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Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786) 
AphiaID: 225658

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Ranellidae (Family) > Ranellinae (Subfamily) > Argobuccinum (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846
Synonymised
taxa
  Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin, 1791)
Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
Buccinum pustulosum Lightfoot, 1786 (original combination)
Cassidea tuberculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (synonym)
Murex argus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Ranella polyzonalis Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Tritonium argo-buccinum Röding, 1798 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 76 [details]


additional source: Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers.com. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English pustular triton  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Forma Argobuccinum pustulosum f. proditor (Frauenfeld, 1865) accepted as Argobuccinum proditor (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Subspecies Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Dunker, 1862) accepted as Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786)
Environment marine
Distribution South Coast of South Africa [details]
West Africa [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Argobuccinum pustulosum
Argobuccinum pustulosum
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225658
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-03-22 14:46:48Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2006-04-27 11:38:17Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-12 13:01:53Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-08-14 10:20:19Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-12-13 20:38:55Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225658 on 2013-05-22
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