MolluscaBase name details
Pusiostoma Swainson, 1840
757036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:757036)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Pusiostoma mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
neuter
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pusiostoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=757036 on 2026-02-15
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Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]