WoRMS taxon details
Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810
208566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208566)
accepted
Species
Magilus antiquatus · unaccepted (misspelling of specific epithet)
Magilus macrocephalus G. B. Sowerby III, 1919 · unaccepted (described in synonymy)
Magilus microcephalus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872 · unaccepted
marine
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
page(s): 2: 43 [details]
page(s): 2: 43 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208566 on 2026-06-27
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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
page(s): 2: 43 [details]
original description (of Magilus microcephalus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1872). Monograph of the genus <i>Magilus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18: pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [December]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209467
page(s): pl. 2, species no. 3 [details]
original description (of Magilus macrocephalus G. B. Sowerby III, 1919) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1919). Notes on <i>Magilus</i> and its allies, substituting the generic name <i>Magilopsis</i> for <i>Leptoconchus lamarcki</i>, Deshayes. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 13(3-4): 75-77., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770919
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 557 [details]
page(s): 2: 43 [details]
original description (of Magilus microcephalus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1872). Monograph of the genus <i>Magilus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18: pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [December]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209467
page(s): pl. 2, species no. 3 [details]
original description (of Magilus macrocephalus G. B. Sowerby III, 1919) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1919). Notes on <i>Magilus</i> and its allies, substituting the generic name <i>Magilopsis</i> for <i>Leptoconchus lamarcki</i>, Deshayes. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 13(3-4): 75-77., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770919
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 557 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa.</i> Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 192. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 111. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 42, pl. 27, fig. 18 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 192. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 111. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 42, pl. 27, fig. 18 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Magilus antiquus)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Indonesia, Maluku)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Unawatuna)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Unawatuna)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Unawatuna)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Magilus antiquus)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Indonesia, Maluku)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Unawatuna)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Unawatuna)
To Malacopics (Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Unawatuna)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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