Macrostrombus costatus
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1429775 on 2026-08-01
created: 2020-04-01T20:25:12Z
modified: 2020-04-01T20:25:12Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
class: Gastropoda
family: Strombidae
genus: Macrostrombus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.].
name published in: Swainson, W. (1822) Appendix: Description of several new shells, and remarks on others, contained in the collection of the late Mrs. Bligh. In: A catalogue of the rare and valuable shells, which formed the celebrated collection of the late Mrs. Bligh. The sale of this collection ... 20 May, 1822. C. Dubois, London: appendix, pp. 1-20
name published in: Swainson, W. (1823). The specific characters of several undescribed shells. The Philosophical Magazine and Journal. 62(308): 401-403.
name published in: Van Hyning, T. (1945). A new Strombus from Florida. Mollusca. 1(7): 95-98.
name published in: Verrill, A. H. (1950). New marine mollusks from Dominica, B. W. I. The Nautilus. 63(4): 126-128, pls 9-10.
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp.
name published in year: 1817
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1823
name published in year: 1945
name published in year: 1950
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1798
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 531666
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Gmelin, 1791)
specific epithet: costatus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted