MolluscaBase - Tritonium antiquum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Tritonium antiquum (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

760746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760746)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tritonium O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex antiquus Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Tritonium antiquum var. angulato-carinata Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Neptunea borealis (R. A. Philippi, 1850) accepted as Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849) (a junior synonym)
Variety Tritonium antiquum var. behringiana Middendorff, 1848 accepted as Neptunea ventricosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Variety Tritonium antiquum var. communis Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849)
Variety Tritonium antiquum var. contrarium (Linnaeus, 1771) accepted as Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
Variety Tritonium antiquum var. originalis Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Murex antiquus 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. Tritonium antiquum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760746 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2014-04-26 19:17:18Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-10-22 11:32:52Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of Murex antiquus 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): 754 [details] Available for editors

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