WoRMS name details
Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
215418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215418)
alternative representation
Species
Amplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of genus name)
Amplustrum fasciatum (Schumacher, 1817) · unaccepted
Aplustrum fasciatum Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Aplustrum thalassiarchi (A. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
Bulla pulchella Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Hydatina aplustre [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bulla amplustre Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215418 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
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(of Bulla amplustre Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Tibiriçá, Y.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2016). The bubble snails (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Mozambique: an overlooked biodiversity hotspot. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 47(3): 791-811., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0500-7
page(s): 793, fig. 2b [details]
[request]basis of record Tibiriçá, Y.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2016). The bubble snails (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Mozambique: an overlooked biodiversity hotspot. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 47(3): 791-811., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0500-7
page(s): 793, fig. 2b [details]
Other
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 [request]
additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
additional source Bush, C. J. (1910). On the variation of <i>Aplustrum aplustre</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 24(1): 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1760802 [details]
[request]additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
additional source Bush, C. J. (1910). On the variation of <i>Aplustrum aplustre</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 24(1): 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1760802 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Aplustrum thalassiarchi (A. Adams, 1850))
To Genbank (from synonym Amplustrum fasciatum (Schumacher, 1817))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Aplustrum thalassiarchi (A. Adams, 1850))
To Genbank (from synonym Amplustrum fasciatum (Schumacher, 1817))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
