Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Charonia lampas(Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen trawled off Málaga, Spain (height 220 mm)

AphiaID

141101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141101)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Charonia Gistel, 1847

Original name

Murex lampas Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 748 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141101 on 2025-05-31

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141101 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-09-20 18:39:10Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

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page(s): 748 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

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additional source Beu, A. G. (1976). Arrival of Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck) and other tonnacean gastropods in the Southern Ocean during Pleistocene time. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 6 (4): 413-432.
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