WoRMS name details
Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791)
215027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215027)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Strombus bryonia Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3520 [details]
page(s): 3520 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215027 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Strombus bryonia Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3520 [details]
page(s): 3520 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
additional source
Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960
page(s): 133-134 [details]
page(s): 133-134 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Publication date Year of description from Walls, 1980 [details]
