WoRMS name details
Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1858)
254481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254481)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Fusus castaneus T. Brown, 1827; Volutopsius golikovi is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fusus (Volutopsius) castaneus Mörch, 1858) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1858). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum littoris Americae occidentalis. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> (1857): 340-342., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800180
page(s): 341 [details]
page(s): 341 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254481 on 2026-03-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fusus (Volutopsius) castaneus Mörch, 1858) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1858). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum littoris Americae occidentalis. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> (1857): 340-342., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800180
page(s): 341 [details]
basis of record Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
page(s): 341 [details]
basis of record Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Golikov A.N. & Sirenko B.I. (1998) Prosobranch gastropods of the continental slope of Kurile Islands.[In Russian] <i>Ruthenica</i> 8(2): 91–135.
page(s): 110, fig. 6 I [details] Available for editors
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additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 110, fig. 6 I [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Chestnut volute whelk | [details] |
| Japanese | チャイロカミオボラ | [details] |
| Russian | Волютопсиус каштановый | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1858) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1858) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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