North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)

AphiaID

224824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224824)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Original name

Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834

Synonymised names

Natica porcelana A. d'Orbigny, 1840 · unaccepted

Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834) Guilding, L. (1834). Observations on Naticina and Dentalium, two genera of molluscous animals. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 17(1): 29-35, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/733927 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=224824 on 2026-08-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=224824 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2006-03-17 10:53:48Z

changed

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2006-04-05 09:14:33Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2008-08-17 21:09:07Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834) Guilding, L. (1834). Observations on Naticina and Dentalium, two genera of molluscous animals. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 17(1): 29-35, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/733927 [details]

original description (of Natica porcelana A. d'Orbigny, 1840) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 84; pl. 6 fig. 27-28 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors