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WoRMS taxon details

Ministrombus athenius (Duclos, 1844)

AphiaID

1464389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1464389)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ministrombus Bandel, 2007

Original name

Strombus athenius Duclos, 1844

Synonymised names

Dolomena (Ministrombus) athenia (Duclos, 1844) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Dolomena athenia (Duclos, 1844) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Dolomena variabilis athenia (Duclos, 1844) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Strombus athenius Duclos, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of Strombus athenius Duclos, 1844) Duclos, P.L. (1844-1845). Strombus. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 1-16, pls 3-4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25-28, 30 [1844]; 17, pls 5-7, 11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 29 [1845].
page(s): 7 [1844]; pl. 11 figs 1-2 [1845] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ministrombus athenius (Duclos, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464389 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-11-02 05:50:38Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-02 16:11:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-05-21 10:07:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Strombus athenius Duclos, 1844) Duclos, P.L. (1844-1845). Strombus. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 1-16, pls 3-4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25-28, 30 [1844]; 17, pls 5-7, 11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 29 [1845].
page(s): 7 [1844]; pl. 11 figs 1-2 [1845] [details]

basis of record Maxwell, S.J. (2022). An iconography of Ministrombus Dekkers, 2010 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae: Strombidae) with the description of new species. The Festivus. 54(2): 116-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f542116
page(s): 118, figs 4-5 [details]

Other

additional source Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Rymer T.L. & Congdon B.C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. The Festivus. 52(1): 3-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f521003
page(s): 47 [details]

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