WoRMS name details
Tectarius muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
397190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397190)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Littorina muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo muricatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tectarius muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397190 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Turbo muricatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hummelinck, P. W. (1940). A survey of the mammals, lizards and mollusks. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands: no. 2.</em> 1(1): 59-108., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506090
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 761 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hummelinck, P. W. (1940). A survey of the mammals, lizards and mollusks. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands: no. 2.</em> 1(1): 59-108., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506090
page(s): 87 [details]
Other
additional source
Sanford, S. N. (1941). <i>Tectarius muricatus</i> (Linnaeus) in New England. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(1): 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519932 [details]
additional source Rosewater, J. (1963). Resistance to desiccation in dormancy by <i>Tectarius muricatus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 76(3): 111., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514557 [details]
additional source Rosewater, J. (1963). Resistance to desiccation in dormancy by <i>Tectarius muricatus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 76(3): 111., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514557 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
