African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)

WoRMS name details

Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)

AphiaID

225021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225021)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cymatium Röding, 1798

Original name

Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816

Environment

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

Original description

(of Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225021 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2011-08-14 10:20:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-01-21 17:09:26Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]

basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 76 [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 75 [details]

additional source Verrill, A. H. (1947). Unrecorded habit of Cymatium cyncocephalum. The Nautilus. 61(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284772
note: Misspelling of species correct in text [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To ITIS