WoRMS name details
Mamillaria Swainson, 1840
570135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570135)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834 accepted as Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) (type by subsequent designation)
Mammillaria Herrmannsen, 1847 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
- Species Mamillaria lactea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Polinices peselephanti (Link, 1807) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mamillaria tumida Swainson, 1840 accepted as Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 345 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mamillaria Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570135 on 2026-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 345 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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