MolluscaBase name details
Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
215032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215032)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215032 on 2026-08-23
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(of Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960
page(s): 132-133 [details]
source of synonymy Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details]
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gill, T. (1870). On the Pterocerae of Lamarck, and their mutual relations. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(3): 120-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978960
page(s): 132-133 [details]
source of synonymy Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
