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WoRMS taxon detailsPleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)
217071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217071)
accepted
Species
Fasciolaria trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Fasciolaria trapezium f. intermedia Kobelt, 1875 · unaccepted
Fasciolaria trapezium f. paeteli Strebel, 1911 · unaccepted
Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pleuroploca trapezium f. intermedia (Kobelt, 1875) · unaccepted
Pleuroploca trapezium f. paeteli (Strebel, 1911) · unaccepted
Pleuroploca trapezium paeteli (Strebel, 1911) · unaccepted
Pleuroploca trapezium trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine
(of Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 755 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Type locality contained in Ambon
type locality contained in Ambon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description Unmistakable large, elongated, solid and heavy shell, up to 20 cm. Shoulders of body and upper whorls with thick, blunt...
Description Unmistakable large, elongated, solid and heavy shell, up to 20 cm. Shoulders of body and upper whorls with thick, blunt nodules. Surface often with fine brown, spiral lines. Colour golden brown, aperture pale. Habitat: seagrass beds. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Regional names: Kis. Kome, Kome fundwa; MCr. Conocono. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217071 on 2025-05-22
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 755 [details] Available for editors [request]Identification resourceidentification resource
Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] Otheradditional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Snyder, M. A., Vermeij, G. J. & Lyons, W. G. (2012). The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 76(1-3): 31-70. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289. page(s): 148. [details] additional source Maeda, T. (1992). Studies on the structure of osphradium in three subfamilies of Fasciolariidae with reference to their morphology and ecology. <em>Venus.</em> 51(1-2): 89-93. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Maes, V. O. (1967). Radulae of two species of <i>Pleuroploca</i> (Fasciolariidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(2): 48-54, figs. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528065 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Unmistakable large, elongated, solid and heavy shell, up to 20 cm. Shoulders of body and upper whorls with thick, blunt nodules. Surface often with fine brown, spiral lines. Colour golden brown, aperture pale. Habitat: seagrass beds. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Regional names: Kis. Kome, Kome fundwa; MCr. Conocono. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications) (from synonym Fasciolaria trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Fasciolaria trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Fasciolaria trapezium f. paeteli Strebel, 1911) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuroploca trapezium) To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758) To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To Malacopics (Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, Kusui, at 36.5-75 ... To Malacopics (Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. J.G... To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection |
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