WoRMS name details
Pterocera Lamarck, 1799
204193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204193)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym (of Lambis)
Genus
Strombus lambis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Pteroceras Link, 1807 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of Pterocera
Pteroceras [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Subgenus Pterocera (Harpago) Mörch, 1852 accepted as Harpago Mörch, 1852 (original rank)
- Subgenus Pterocera (Heptadactylus) Mörch, 1852 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798
- Species Pterocera (Heptadactylus) sowerbyi Mörch, 1872 accepted as Lambis sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Pterocera (Millepes) Mörch, 1852 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798
- Species Pterocera alata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Latissistrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pterocera aurantia Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Lambis crocata (Link, 1807) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera bryonia (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pterocera crocata Link, 1807 accepted as Lambis crocata (Link, 1807) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterocera crocea Reeve, 1842 accepted as Ophioglossolambis digitata (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera elongata Swainson, 1821 accepted as Ophioglossolambis digitata (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera kochii Freyer, 1855 accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pterocera lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterocera millipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterocera multipes G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera nodosa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pterocera novemdactylis Deshayes, 1843 accepted as Ophioglossolambis digitata (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera palmata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Latissistrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Pterocera pseudoscorpio Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pterocera robusta Swainson, 1821 accepted as Lambis robusta (Swainson, 1821) (original combination)
- Species Pterocera rugosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Harpago chiragra rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Harpago rugosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Pterocera scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterocera sebae Kiener, 1843 accepted as Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843) (original combination)
- Species Pterocera violacea Swainson, 1821 accepted as Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson, 1821) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 72 [details]
page(s): 72 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterocera Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204193 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 72 [details]
page(s): 72 [details]
Other
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 [details]
