Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Ranellidae

Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Murex pyrum Linnaeus, 1758
Tritonium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Triton pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Details

Murex pyrum Linnaeus, 1758, p. 749-750, [Gualt. test. t. 37, f. F; Argenv. conch. t. 13, f. O; Kratzenst. Regenf. t. 6, f. 60, t. 5, f. 50]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Comments: Currently regarded as an Indo-Pacific species; treated by Clench & Turner (1957) as having a Western Atlantic subspecies Cymatium pyrum rehderi. Cymatium rehderi is currently regarded as a full species.
Combining Genera: Triton Tritonium

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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