WoRMS taxon details
Sistrum Montfort, 1810
206903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206903)
accepted
Genus
Sistrum album Montfort, 1810 accepted as Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sistrum ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Pentadactylus (Sistrum) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Purpura (Sistrum) Monfort, 1810 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Ricinula (Sistrum) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Sistrum albolabris (Blainville, 1832)
- Species Sistrum elegans (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Sistrum lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904)
- Species Sistrum ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Sistrum (Ricinula) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Ricinula Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Sistrum (Ricinula) morus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Morula uva (Röding, 1798)
- Species Sistrum affine Pease, 1863 accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum album Montfort, 1810 accepted as Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sistrum ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Orania ficula (Reeve, 1848)
- Species Sistrum anaxares (Kiener, 1836) accepted as Morula anaxares (Kiener, 1836) accepted as Muricodrupa anaxares (Kiener, 1836)
- Species Sistrum andrewsi E. A. Smith, 1909 accepted as Morula japonica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum angulatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 accepted as Morula angulata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) (original combination)
- Species Sistrum cavernosum (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
- Species Sistrum elatum (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)
- Species Sistrum ferrugineum (Eschscholtz, 1829) accepted as Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Sistrum fusconigrum (Dunker, 1871) accepted as Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sistrum granulatum [sic] accepted as Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832) accepted as Arakawania granulata (Duclos, 1832)
- Species Sistrum gratteloupi A. d'Orbigny, 1852 accepted as Sistrum grateloupi A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † accepted as Janssenia grateloupi (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Sistrum indica (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) accepted as Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901 accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Species Sistrum necocheanus Pilsbry, 1900 accepted as Sistrum nicocheanum Pilsbry, 1900 accepted as Muricopsis necocheana [sic] accepted as Risomurex nicocheanus (Pilsbry, 1900) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Sistrum nicocheanum Pilsbry, 1900 accepted as Muricopsis necocheana [sic] accepted as Risomurex nicocheanus (Pilsbry, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sistrum nodulosum (C. B. Adams, 1845) accepted as Claremontiella nodulosa (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Species Sistrum oparense Melvill, 1912 accepted as Morula oparensis (Melvill, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sistrum rawsoni Melvill, 1897 accepted as Pollia rawsoni (Melvill, 1897) (original combination)
- Species Sistrum rufonotatum P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Pascula rufonotata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sistrum spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) accepted as Morula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Sistrum squamiliratum E. A. Smith, 1903 accepted as Spinidrupa infans (E. A. Smith, 1884) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum squamosum Pease, 1868 accepted as Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sistrum striatum Pease, 1868 accepted as Morula zebrina Houart, 2004 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Engina striata Pease, 1868; Morula zebrina is a replacement name)
- Species Sistrum triangulatum Pease, 1868 accepted as Muricodrupa fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Murichorda fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Sistrum tuberculatum (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832) accepted as Arakawania granulata (Duclos, 1832)
- Species Sistrum undatum (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
- Species Sistrum ventricosulum G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 accepted as Morula echinata (Reeve, 1846)
- Species Sistrum vitiensis Pilsbry, 1921 accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) (superseded combination)
- Species Sistrum chrysalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Sistrum parvulum Gould, 1860 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sistrum Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206903 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013].
note: treated as subgenus of Drupa [details] Available for editors
[request]
status source Vermeij, G. J. (2023). Classification and characters of the <i>Drupa</i> group (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) with the proposal of a new genus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 137(3-4): 109-111.
note: ranked as full genus [details] Available for editors
[request]
note: treated as subgenus of Drupa [details] Available for editors

status source Vermeij, G. J. (2023). Classification and characters of the <i>Drupa</i> group (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) with the proposal of a new genus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 137(3-4): 109-111.
note: ranked as full genus [details] Available for editors
