WoRMS taxon details
Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767)
417000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:417000)
accepted
Species
Pterygia nucella Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1188 [details]
page(s): 1188 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=417000 on 2025-11-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pterygia nucella 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 Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1188 [details]
basis of record Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 4: ii + 164 pp.
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1188 [details]
basis of record Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 4: ii + 164 pp.
page(s): 143 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. (2008). Mitridae. Pp. 330-417, in: G. T. Poppe (ed.). Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Tsuchiya K. (2017). Family Mitridae. Pp. 973-982, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Huang, S.-I. (2024). Notes on <i>Pterygia</i> (Roding, 1798) and description of two new species from Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Mitridae). <em>Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan.</em> 47:16-31.
page(s): 20, pl. 2 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Huang, S.-I. (2024). Notes on <i>Pterygia</i> (Roding, 1798) and description of two new species from Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Mitridae). <em>Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan.</em> 47:16-31.
page(s): 20, pl. 2 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | finger mitrefinger miter | [details] |
| German | Finger-Mitra | [details] |
| Japanese | イモフデガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterygia dactylus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterygia dactylus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection