WoRMS taxon details
Volema myristica Röding, 1798
567143 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567143)
accepted
Species
Mancinella hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Melongena (Volema) hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Murex hippocastanum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (invalid: placed on the Official...)
invalid: placed on the Official Index (suppressed for the Principle of Priority) by ICZN Opinion 911
Purpura hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Pyrula galeodes Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted
Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Volema aromatica Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Volema moschatellina Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
marine
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): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Volema myristica Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567143 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 57 [details]
original description (of Pyrula galeodes Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 144-145, n. 19. [details]
original description (of Murex hippocastanum 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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original description (of Volema aromatica 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): 57 [details]
original description (of Volema moschatellina 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): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Pyrula galeodes Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 144-145, n. 19. [details]
original description (of Murex hippocastanum 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 Volema aromatica 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): 57 [details]
original description (of Volema moschatellina 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): 57 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | nutmeg melongenaheavy crown shellchestnut rocksnail [from synonym]chestnut rock shell [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Schwere KronenschneckeKastanien-Leistenschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ツノテツレイシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Purpura hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mancinella hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Volema myristica)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Volema myristica Röding, 1798 Indonesia, Jawa, Jakarta, Kepulauan Seribu, Pulau Kot...
To Malacopics (Volema myristica Röding, 1798 Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Purpura hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mancinella hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Volema myristica)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Volema myristica Röding, 1798 Indonesia, Jawa, Jakarta, Kepulauan Seribu, Pulau Kot...
To Malacopics (Volema myristica Röding, 1798 Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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