WoRMS name details
Megalatractus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
1565415 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1565415)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Megalatractus P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Syrinx Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex aruanus 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalatractus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565415 on 2025-05-01
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(of Murex aruanus 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): 753 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hedley, C. (1900). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 25(3): 495–513, pls 25–26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6599764
page(s): 508, pl. 25 fig. 18 [details]
basis of record Hedley, C. (1900). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 25: 87-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6599684
page(s): 98 [details]
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hedley, C. (1900). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 25(3): 495–513, pls 25–26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6599764
page(s): 508, pl. 25 fig. 18 [details]
basis of record Hedley, C. (1900). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 25: 87-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6599684
page(s): 98 [details]
