WoRMS name details
Canthorbis Swainson, 1840
581760 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581760)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Trochus imperialis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Tectus Montfort, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Canthorbis Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581760 on 2026-02-09
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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 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 114 [details]
page(s): 114 [details]
