WoRMS taxon details
Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758)
225025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225025)
accepted
Species
Lotorium lotor Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex femorale Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triton femoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triton lotorium Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tritonium (Cymatium) femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
marine
(of Murex femorale Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. 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. Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225025 on 2026-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triton lotorium Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
original description (of Murex femorale Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lotorium lotor Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 583 [details]
basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Murex femorale Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lotorium lotor Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 583 [details]
basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source 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., available online at https://bap.priweb2.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5607.pdf
page(s): 131, pl. 30, fig. 6-7, 9-12, pl. 31, fig. 2, 5-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verrill, A. H. (1947). Additions to the Mollusca of Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 61(2): 47-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284747
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source 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., available online at https://bap.priweb2.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5607.pdf
page(s): 131, pl. 30, fig. 6-7, 9-12, pl. 31, fig. 2, 5-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verrill, A. H. (1947). Additions to the Mollusca of Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 61(2): 47-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284747
page(s): 48 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Murex femorale Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) Aruba, Malmok, among corals and algae, at 9 m de...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Murex femorale Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) Aruba, Malmok, among corals and algae, at 9 m de...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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