WoRMS taxon details
Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798)
420046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420046)
accepted
Species
Fusus angulatus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Latirus (Polygona) angulatus (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Latirus angulatus (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Latirus cymatias Schwengel, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Latirus spadiceus (Reeve, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbinella spadicea Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Fusus angulatus 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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420046 on 2026-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fusus angulatus 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 [details]
original description (of Turbinella spadicea Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847). Monograph of the genus <i>Turbinella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pl. 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: Pl. 1-5, July 1847: Pl. 6-13, August, 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375818
page(s): pl. 9, species no. 44 [details]
original description (of Latirus cymatias Schwengel, 1940) Schwengel, J. (1940). Two new Floridan marine shells. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 53(4): 109-110, pl. 12, figs. 6-8, 8a., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516403
page(s): 110, pl. 12, figs. 6-7 [details]
new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of <i>Latirus</i> and related fasciolariid groups. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 72(4): 413-424., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyl020
page(s): p. 420. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Turbinella spadicea Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847). Monograph of the genus <i>Turbinella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pl. 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: Pl. 1-5, July 1847: Pl. 6-13, August, 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375818
page(s): pl. 9, species no. 44 [details]
original description (of Latirus cymatias Schwengel, 1940) Schwengel, J. (1940). Two new Floridan marine shells. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 53(4): 109-110, pl. 12, figs. 6-8, 8a., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516403
page(s): 110, pl. 12, figs. 6-7 [details]
new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of <i>Latirus</i> and related fasciolariid groups. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 72(4): 413-424., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyl020
page(s): p. 420. [details] Available for editors
Other
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | short-tail latirus [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Kurzschwanz-Latirus [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | マユツクリガイ [from synonym] | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 175132)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Latirus angulatus (Röding, 1798))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polygona angulata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphonalia spadicea) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798) United States, Florida, Pompano Beach, under rocks,...
To Malacopics (Siphonalia spadicea (Pease, 1860) Taiwan, Taipei, at 200 m depth, collected 1996-00-... (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Malacopics (Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847) Japan, Aichi, Mikawa, at 35-40 m depth, collected ... (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Malacopics (Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, at 35-50 m depth, colle... (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Latirus angulatus (Röding, 1798))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Latirus angulatus (Röding, 1798))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polygona angulata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphonalia spadicea) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798) United States, Florida, Pompano Beach, under rocks,...
To Malacopics (Siphonalia spadicea (Pease, 1860) Taiwan, Taipei, at 200 m depth, collected 1996-00-... (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Malacopics (Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847) Japan, Aichi, Mikawa, at 35-40 m depth, collected ... (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To Malacopics (Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, at 35-50 m depth, colle... (from synonym Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve, 1847))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Latirus angulatus (Röding, 1798))