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WoRMS taxon details

Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

413386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413386)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Astralium Link, 1807

Original name

Turbo calcar Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Astraea calcar (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Calcar sporio Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted

Turbo calcar Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Turbo calcar 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, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae ,Stockholm, Sweden. 1:[iii] + 824 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413386 on 2026-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-08-29 16:17:48Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-09-03 06:08:04Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Turbo calcar 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, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae ,Stockholm, Sweden. 1:[iii] + 824 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Calcar sporio Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]

basis of record Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x [details] Available for editors

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