WoRMS taxon details
Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
476511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:476511)
accepted
Species
Cymatium (Lotoria) lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cymatium rhinoceros Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex lotorium Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Murex lotorium 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476511 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cymatium rhinoceros Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 129. [details]
original description (of Murex lotorium 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
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Triton distortum 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
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. (2012). Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 32(2): 61-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/mr.32.2.1
page(s): 93, fig. 5D, 7J [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 129. [details]
original description (of Murex lotorium 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
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Triton distortum 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
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. (2012). Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 32(2): 61-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/mr.32.2.1
page(s): 93, fig. 5D, 7J [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cymatium rhinoceros Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758) India, collected 1972, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cymatium rhinoceros Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Triton distortum Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Lotoria lotoria (Linnaeus, 1758) India, collected 1972, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758))
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