Polinices candidissimus
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-16
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: Polinices candidissimus (Le Guillou, 1842)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polinices candidissimus (Le Guillou, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570150 on 2026-08-16
created: 2011-04-17T08:55:24Z
modified: 2011-04-17T08:55:24Z
replaces: 585120
replaces: 585121
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polinices candidissimus (Le Guillou, 1842)
class: Gastropoda
family: Naticidae
genus: Polinices
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Le Guillou, E. (1842). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles des genres Natice, Sigaret et Ampullaire. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuviérienne. 5: 104-105.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1855). Monograph of the genus Natica. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-30, and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-16, Apr. 1855; 17-20, May 1855; 21-30, Jun. 1855].
name published in year: 1842
name published in year: 1855
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 147109
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Le Guillou, 1842)
specific epithet: candidissimus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted