MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786)

ERMS name details

Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786)

AphiaID

1463243 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1463243)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tritonium (Fusus) Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Murex islandicus Mohr, 1786

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Variety Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. striata Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Variety Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. sulcata Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Murex islandicus Mohr, 1786) Mohr, N. (1786). Forsog til en Islandsk Naturhistorie, med adskillige oekonomiske samt andre Anmaerkninger. [Attempts at an Icelandic Natural History, with several economic and other notes.]. C.F. Holm, Kiobenhavn (Copenhagen). 414 pp., pls. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.70331 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1463243 on 2025-11-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1463243 on 2025-11-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-10-22 11:32:52Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Murex islandicus Mohr, 1786) Mohr, N. (1786). Forsog til en Islandsk Naturhistorie, med adskillige oekonomiske samt andre Anmaerkninger. [Attempts at an Icelandic Natural History, with several economic and other notes.]. C.F. Holm, Kiobenhavn (Copenhagen). 414 pp., pls. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.70331 [details]

basis of record Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles. 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 470 [details]