MolluscaBase source details
Acanthochiton penicillatus (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863) (additional source)
Acteon flammea [sic] accepted as Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) (additional source)
Alaba fulva R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Finella rufocincta (A. Adams, 1861) (basis of record)
Alaba martensi Issel, 1869 accepted as Diala sulcifera martensi (Issel, 1869) (basis of record)
Alaba semistriata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Diala semistriata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (basis of record)
Alaba striata R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860 (basis of record)
Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767) (basis of record)
Amplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Hydatina amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Anadara ehrenbergi (Dunker, 1868) (basis of record)
Anadara natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (basis of record)
Anadara uropigimelana (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) (basis of record)
Anadara vellicata (Reeve, 1844) (basis of record)
Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (basis of record)
Anomia sol Reeve, 1859 accepted as Anomia achaea [sic] accepted as Anomia achaeus J. E. Gray, 1850 (basis of record)
Aplysia tigrinella Gray, 1850 accepted as Aplysia maculata Rang, 1828 (basis of record)
Arca afra Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Arcopsis afra (Gmelin, 1791) (basis of record)
Arca caelata Reeve, 1844 accepted as Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779) (basis of record)
Arca dichotoma Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Vitracar sulcata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Hawaiarca sulcata (Lamarck, 1819) (basis of record)
Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lamarcka imbricata (Bruguière, 1789) (basis of record)
Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 (basis of record)
Arca plicata Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817) (basis of record)
Arca tortuosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Arca ventricosa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lamarcka ventricosa (Lamarck, 1819) (basis of record)
Architectonica laevigata (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Assiminea geayi E. Lamy, 1909 (basis of record)
Asteronotus mabilla (Abraham, 1877) accepted as Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824) (basis of record)
Atys cylindricus (Helbling, 1779) accepted as Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) (basis of record)
Auricula kraussii Küster, 1841 accepted as Cassidula labrella (Deshayes, 1830) (source of synonymy)
Auricula livida Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830) (source of synonymy)
Avicula lotorium Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (basis of record)
Avicula macroptera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (basis of record)
Barbatia (Barbatia) obliquata (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Barbatia obliquata (W. Wood, 1828) (additional source)
Barbatia cometa (Reeve, 1844) (additional source)
Barbatia decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (additional source)
Barbatia fusca (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Röding, 1798) (additional source)
Barbatia nivea (Röding, 1798) accepted as Barbatia foliata (Forsskål, 1775) (additional source)
Barbatia tenella (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Calloarca tenella (Reeve, 1844) (additional source)
Bittium amboynense (R. B. Watson, 1880) (additional source)
Bittium granarium (Kiener, 1841) accepted as Cacozeliana granarium (Kiener, 1841) (basis of record)
Bittium perparvulum R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Cerithidium perparvulum (R. B. Watson, 1886) (additional source)
Broderipia subiridescens Pilsbry, 1890 accepted as Broderipia rosea (Broderip, 1834) (basis of record)
Buccinulus niveus Angas, 1871 accepted as Pupa nivea (Angas, 1871) (source of synonymy)
Buccinulus strigosus A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Pupa strigosa (A. Gould, 1859) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum albescens Dunker, 1846 accepted as Nassarius albescens (Dunker, 1846) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum bellangeri Kiener, 1834 accepted as Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum cinereum Born, 1778 accepted as Impages cinerea (Born, 1778) accepted as Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778) (basis of record)
Buccinum costatum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Harpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum fumosum Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum hecticum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Buccinum horridum Dunker, 1847 accepted as Nassarius horridus (Dunker, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum igneum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1791) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum livescens R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Nassarius livescens (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum monile Kiener, 1834 accepted as Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum muricatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Nassarius horridus (Dunker, 1847) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum pullus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum pyrum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum rudolphi Chemnitz, 1788 accepted as Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum smaragdulus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Latirolagena smaragdulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum taenia Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Nassarius taenius (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum tiarula Kiener, 1841 accepted as Phrontis tiarula (Kiener, 1841) (source of synonymy)
Buccinum undosum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pollia undosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Bulla adamsi Menke, 1851 (basis of record)
Bulla amplustre Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hydatina amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Bulla naucum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Atys naucum (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) (source of synonymy)
Bulla voluta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904) (basis of record)
Bullia mauritiana J. E. Gray, 1839 (additional source)
Caecum clarum E. Lamy, 1909 (additional source)
Callista florida (Lamarck, 1818) (source of synonymy)
Cancellaria constifera [sic] accepted as Scalptia costifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (basis of record)
Cantharidus suarezensis (P. Fischer, 1878) accepted as Jujubinus suarezensis (P. Fischer, 1878) (additional source)
Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817) (additional source)
Cantharus rubiginosus (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846) (source of synonymy)
Capiluna ruepellii [sic] accepted as Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (basis of record)
Capulus intortus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791) (basis of record)
Cardita pentunculus [sic] accepted as Cardita pectunculus Bruguière, 1792 (basis of record)
Cardita variegata Bruguière, 1792 (additional source)
Cardium asiaticum Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Vepricardium asiaticum (Bruguière, 1789) (basis of record)
Cardium auricula Niebuhr, 1775 accepted as Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr, 1775) (basis of record)
Cardium australe G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 accepted as Fulvia australis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (basis of record)
Cardium coronatum Spengler, 1799 accepted as Vepricardium coronatum (Schröter, 1786) (basis of record)
Cardium dupuchense Reeve, 1845 accepted as Vasticardium dupuchense (Reeve, 1845) (basis of record)
Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Cardium multispinosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 accepted as Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (basis of record)
Cardium orbita Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 accepted as Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (additional source)
Cardium pectiniforme Born, 1780 accepted as Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (basis of record)
Cardium peregrinum (Jousseaume, 1888) accepted as Cardium pectiniforme Born, 1780 accepted as Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (source of synonymy)
Cardium retusum Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767) (additional source)
Cardium rugosum Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (basis of record)
Cardium tenuicostatum Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Fulvia (Fulvia) tenuicostata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Fulvia tenuicostata (Lamarck, 1819) (basis of record)
Cardium unicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 accepted as Acrosterigma simplex (Spengler, 1799) (basis of record)
Cassidula kraussii (Küster, 1841) accepted as Cassidula labrella (Deshayes, 1830) (basis of record)
Cassis achatina Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Semicassis labiata (G. Perry, 1811) (basis of record)
Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Madagascan Coast for Monodonta australis Lamarck, 1822 (origin: native - non-endemic)
Madagascan Coast for Onchidium peronii Cuvier, 1804
Madagascan Coast for Tivela lamyi Dautzenberg, 1929 (origin: native - non-endemic)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cassis areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cassis glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cerithiopsis blandi Vignal, 1909
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822 (origin: native - non-endemic)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825 (doubtful)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848 (origin: native - non-endemic)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Fissurellidea genevievae Dautzenberg, 1929
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Helcioniscus rota (Gmelin, 1791)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Natica chinensis Lamarck, 1816
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Natica simiae Deshayes, 1838
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Natica taeniata Menke, 1830
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pterocera aurantia Lamarck, 1822
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ranella crumena Lamarck, 1816
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sigaretus delessertii Récluz, 1843
Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stomatella sulcifera Lamarck, 1822 (origin: native - non-endemic)
Madagascar for Acanthochites aberrans Odhner, 1919
Madagascar for Acanthochites penicillatus (Deshayes, 1863)
Madagascar for Acanthopleura spiniger (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
Madagascar for Acmaea saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascar for Actaeon flammea [sic]
Madagascar for Alaba albugo R. B. Watson, 1886
Madagascar for Alaba fulva R. B. Watson, 1886
Madagascar for Alaba martensi Issel, 1869
Madagascar for Alaba semistriata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
Madagascar for Alaba striata R. B. Watson, 1886
Madagascar for Anaitis foliacea (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
Madagascar for Ancillaria torosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1859
Madagascar for Anomia sol Reeve, 1859
Madagascar for Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascar for Aplysia tigrinella Gray, 1850
Madagascar for Arca antiquata Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascar for Arca caelata Reeve, 1844
Madagascar for Arca cometa Reeve, 1844
Madagascar for Arca decussata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Madagascar for Arca dichotoma Deshayes, 1863
Madagascar for Arca ehrenbergi (Dunker, 1868)
Madagascar for Arca fusca Bruguière, 1789
Madagascar for Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789
Madagascar for Arca imbricata arabica R. A. Philippi, 1847
Madagascar for Arca imbricata avellana Lamarck, 1819
Madagascar for Arca lateralis Reeve, 1844
Madagascar for Arca natalensis Krauss, 1848
Madagascar for Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789
Madagascar for Arca obliquata W. Wood, 1828
Madagascar for Arca parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Madagascar for Arca tenella Reeve, 1844
Madagascar for Arca tortuosa Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascar for Arca uropigimelana Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827
Madagascar for Arca vellicata Reeve, 1844
Madagascar for Arca ventricosa Lamarck, 1819
Madagascar for Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascar for Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786
Madagascar for Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascar for Assiminea geayi E. Lamy, 1909
Madagascar for Asteronotus mabilla (Abraham, 1877)
Madagascar for Atys cylindricus (Helbling, 1779)
Madagascar for Atys naucum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Madagascar for Avicula lotorium Lamarck, 1819
Madagascar for Avicula macroptera Lamarck, 1819
Madagascar for Bittium amboynense (R. B. Watson, 1880)
Madagascar for Bittium glareosum A. Gould, 1861
Madagascar for Bittium granarium (Kiener, 1841)
Madagascar for Bittium perparvulum R. B. Watson, 1886
Madagascar for Bittium perpusillum Tryon, 1887
Madagascar for Broderipia subiridescens Pilsbry, 1890
Madagascar for Bulla adamsi Menke, 1851
Madagascar for Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascar for Caecum clarum E. Lamy, 1909
Madagascar for Cancellaria asperella Lamarck, 1822
Madagascar for Cancellaria constifera [sic]
Madagascar for Cancellaria lamberti Souverbie, 1870
Madagascar for Cantharidus suarezensis (P. Fischer, 1878)
Madagascar for Capiluna ruepellii [sic]
Madagascar for Capulus intortus (Lamarck, 1822) (inaccurate)
Madagascar for Cardita pentunculus [sic]
Madagascar for Cardita variegata Bruguière, 1792
Madagascar for Cardium asiaticum Bruguière, 1789
Madagascar for Cardium auricula Niebuhr, 1775
Madagascar for Cardium australe G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Madagascar for Cardium coronatum Spengler, 1799 (inaccurate)
Madagascar for Cardium dupuchense Reeve, 1845 (inaccurate)
Madagascar for Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758
Madagascar for Cardium multispinosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Madagascar for Cardium pectiniforme Born, 1780
Madagascar for Cardium retusum Linnaeus, 1767
Madagascar for Cardium tenuicostatum Lamarck, 1819
Madagascar for Cardium unicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Madagascar for Cassidula kraussii (Küster, 1841)
Authority Lightfoot, 1786 in MacDonald & Co, 1979 [details]
Possibly the authority should be (de Ferussac, 1822) [details]
Authority (Gmelin, 1791) in Drivas & Jay, 1988 [details]
Solid, ovate shell, up to 4 cm, with a broad, flat base. Rounded lump at each extremity above siphonal and anal ... [details]
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
The largest of all helmet shells, ;up to 35 cm. A very solid, heavy, rotund shell with large, horn-like knobs and ... [details]
Habitat: rocky shores Shell up to 4 cm, with a single row of nodules and two or more rows of tiny beads on whorls. ... [details]
Shell up to 7 cm, with low spire and nodular whorls. Colour creamy brown, patterned with fine, tiny, darker spots. ... [details]
Resembels C. lividus, but with flatter spire, overall colouration paler and a darker, purple base (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Highly dangerous - live specimens should be handled with extreme caution. Broad, thin shell, up to 15 cm, with wide ... [details]
A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark ... [details]
Shell up to 10 cm, with flattish, nodular spire and with an outer lip which flares towards posterior. Distinctive, ... [details]
Small, bulbous shell, up to 4 cm, generally covered with a calcareous deposit. Body whorl with numerous fine, ... [details]
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
The shell is a distinctive, large "bubble", up to 5 cm long, with wavy, brown to black lines. The animal is ... [details]
Shell up to 4 cm, with angled whorls and a slightly extended apex. The base is flatter and less rounded than in J. ... [details]
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
Solid, ovate to pear-shaped shell, up to 12 cm. Exterior white, interior reddish-brown, operculum velvet black ... [details]
Large, thick shell, up to 10 cm, with large body whorl, very expanded aperture and a short, blunt spire. Surface ... [details]
Small, flat, rounded, ear-shaped shell, up to 1 cm long, resembling Haliotis, but without perforations, small ... [details]
Habitat: rocky shores. Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Up to 8cm long. Distinguished by its often silt-covered, cap-like external shell surrounded by an orange-tinted ... [details]
Distribution: West Africa; all records from the Indian Ocean are doubtful according to Dautzenberg, 1929 [details]
Described in 1791 according to Drivas & Jay, 1988 [details]
Year of description 1922 in Drivas & Jay, 1988 [details]
Described by Bavay according to Dautzenberg, 1923 [details]
subgenus Atactodea Dall, 1895. M. striata in Vine, 1986 [details]
subgenus Strigatella (Dautzenberg, 1923) [details]
Subgenus (Priotrochus) (Macnae & Kalk,1958). M. obscurus in MacNae & Kalk, 1958. [details]