WoRMS name details
Polytropalicus Rovereto, 1899
403874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403874)
unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for Polytropa Swainson, 1840, by Rovereto treated as a junior homonym of Polytrypes Defrance, 1826)
Genus
Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by typification of replaced name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Rovereto G. (1899). Prime ricerche sinonimiche sui generi dei Gasteropodi. <i>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturale e Geografiche, Genova 10</i>: 101-110
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polytropalicus Rovereto, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403874 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Rovereto G. (1899). Prime ricerche sinonimiche sui generi dei Gasteropodi. <i>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturale e Geografiche, Genova 10</i>: 101-110
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [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
