WoRMS name details
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)
211082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211082)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Eutritonium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
- Variety Cymatium pileare var. cruzana Nowell-Usticke, 1959 accepted as Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex pileare Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211082 on 2026-09-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex pileare Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 749 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. & Kay, A. E. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae ( = Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part IV. The <i>Cymatium pileare</i> complex. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 18(2): 185-223., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1978.10429393 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 74. [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. & Kay, A. E. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae ( = Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part IV. The <i>Cymatium pileare</i> complex. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 18(2): 185-223., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1978.10429393 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 74. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Subgenus Lampusia [details]
