WoRMS name details
Polytropa Swainson, 1840
397262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397262)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Polytropa biconica F. W. Hutton, 1878 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polytropa cheesemani F. W. Hutton, 1882 accepted as Paratrophon cheesemani (F. W. Hutton, 1882) (superseded combination)
- Species Polytropa freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polytropa lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polytropa retiara F. W. Hutton, 1878 accepted as Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polytropa squamata F. W. Hutton, 1878 accepted as Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguière, 1789) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polytropa succincta (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Polytropa tristis Dunker, 1866 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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): 80-81, 305 [details]
page(s): 80-81, 305 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polytropa Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397262 on 2025-05-12
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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): 80-81, 305 [details]
page(s): 80-81, 305 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
