WoRMS taxon details

Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)

211096  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211096)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Stromboidea (Superfamily)
  8. Strombidae (Family)
  9. Lambis (Genus)
  10. Lambis lambis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211096 on 2026-06-03
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-10 14:43:02Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2023-01-04 11:58:56Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Lambis adamii Bozzetti & T. Cossignani, 2003) Bozzetti L. & Cossignani T. (2003) <i>Lambis adamii</i> sp. n. (Gastropoda, Strombidae) dalle Filippine. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 40: 3-5. [October 2003] [details] 

original description (of Lambis cerea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 66 [details] 

original description (of Lambis hermaphrodita Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 68 [details] 

original description (of Lambis laciniata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 68 [details] 

original description (of Lambis lamboides Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 66 [details] 

original description (of Lambis lobata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 68 [details] 

original description (of Lambis maculata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 67 [details] 

new combination reference Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 66 [details] 

Other

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details] 

additional source Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details] 

additional source Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), <i>A conchological iconography</i>. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details] 

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): 22. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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English smooth spider conchcommon spider conch  [details]
German Krabben-FechterschneckeGemeine Spinnenschnecke  [details]
Japanese クモガイ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (109 publications) (from synonym Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Conchology (Lambis adamii FREAK) (from synonym Lambis adamii Bozzetti & T. Cossignani, 2003)
To Conchology (Lambis adamii) (from synonym Lambis adamii Bozzetti & T. Cossignani, 2003)
To Conchology (Lambis lambis ALBINISTIC) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis ALBINO) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis BLACK FREAK) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis BLACK) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis DWARF) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis FREAK) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis GIANT) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis LARGE) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis LONG SPINES FREAK) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis LONG SPINES) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis YOUNG) 
To Conchology (Lambis lambis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lambis lambis) 
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 53 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-Pacific) 
To Malacopics (Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-Pacific, freak, ex coll. Rotterdamsche Diergaar... 
To Malacopics (Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara Barat Lombok, Gili Trawanga... 
To Malacopics (Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Bicol, Sorsogon, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieke... 
To Malacopics (Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, South Cotabato, Sarangani) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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