North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Strombus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138526)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Strombus Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (10)

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Subgenus Strombus (Conomurex) P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Conomurex P. Fischer, 1884
1. Species Strombus (Conomurex) belutschiensis Melvill, 1898 accepted as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821) (synonym)
Species Strombus decorus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
Species Strombus fusiformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Fusistrombus fusiformis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (original combination)
Species Strombus ismarius Duclos, 1844 accepted as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821) (synonym)
Species Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821 accepted as Maculastrombus mutabilis (Swainson, 1821) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Strombus norwegicus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Strombus persicus Swainson, 1821 accepted as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
Species Strombus pespelecani Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Strombus reticulatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

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. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 742 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Strombus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138526 on 2026-08-18

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Strombus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138526 on 2026-08-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2006-04-05 09:14:33Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-10-10 14:43:02Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2011-03-13 09:11:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-30 18:18:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-10-11 16:48:27Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description 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. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 742 [details] Available for editors

additional source Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), <i>A conchological iconography</i>. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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