WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Canarium erythrinum (Dillwyn, 1817)

AphiaID

532157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532157)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Canarium Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817

Synonymised names

Canarium (Elegantum) erythrinum (Dillwyn, 1817) · alternative representation

Strombus (Canarium) erythrinus (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (original combination)

Strombus muricatus R. B. Watson, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Strombus ruppellii Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 673 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Canarium erythrinum (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532157 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-14 18:15:39Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 673 [details]

original description (of Strombus ruppellii Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850-1851). Monograph of the genus Strombus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pl. 1-19 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-4, Nov. 1850; 5-12, Dec. 1850; 1, 13-19, Jan. 1851]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142364 [details]

original description (of Strombus muricatus R. B. Watson, 1886) Watson, R. B. (1886). Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 417; note: name attributed to Martini (1777) [details]

Other

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 28, pl. 15, fig. 4 [details]

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