WoRMS name details

Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)

473138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473138)

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Species
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(of Murex aluco 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. Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) aluco (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473138 on 2026-08-14
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2010-04-29 14:46:22Z
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2012-05-24 01:03:02Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex aluco 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): 755 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1978). The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1: the genera <i>Rhinoclavis</i>, <i>Pseudovertagus</i> and <i>Clavocerithium</i>. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 1: 1-130.
page(s): 101, pl. 5 figs 1-3, pls 76-79 [details]