Arestorides argus argus
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Marshall, Bruce
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: Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527788 on 2026-08-01
created: 2010-10-02T17:31:39Z
modified: 2021-12-25T00:13:04Z
replaces: 1656387
replaces: 1656386
replaces: 1656384
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Gastropoda
family: Cypraeidae
genus: Arestorides
infraspecific epithet: argus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in: Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828].
name published in: Dautzenberg, P. (1903). Révision des Cypraeidae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 50: 291-384 ["1902"; 16 January 1903].
name published in: Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto. Imperia. 15 pp.
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1824-1828
name published in year: 1903
name published in year: 1924
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 527787
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: argus
taxon rank: Subspecies
taxonomic status: accepted