MolluscaBase - Truncularia trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS name details

Truncularia trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

406158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406158)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Truncularia Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810

Original name

Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Truncularia trunculus var. aspera Coen, 1933 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Truncularia trunculus var. bulo Coen, 1933 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Truncularia trunculus var. purpurifera Coen, 1933 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Truncularia trunculus var. tetragona Coen, 1933 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Variety Truncularia trunculus var. varicisnodosa Coen, 1933 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex trunculus 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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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Truncularia trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406158 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-06-27 11:13:43Z

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Houart, Roland

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex trunculus 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): 747 [details] Available for editors

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