Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Margistrombus
    • Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Original Description of Strombus [su]ccinctus by Linnaeus, 1767, p. 1212:

• "509. testa labro rotundato retuso, ventre laevi cingulis quatuor pallidis lineari-punctatis."

Linnaeus cited:

• Rumph. mus. t. 37. f. X..
• Gualt. test. t. 33. f. B.
• Argenv. conch. t. 13. f. C.
• Seb. mus. 61. f. 15. & 62. f. 20.
• "Habitat in India."
• "Testa laevis, testacea, dorso subcarinato cincto lineis bigeminis albo-punctatis. Spirae anfractus striati carinula crenata. Labrum exterius intus striatum; Interius adnatum, laeve, gibbum, antice substriatum."

History and Synonymy

1843

Strombus succinctus in Kiener 1843, pl. ?, fig. 2

1844

Strombus succinctus in Duclos, 1844, pl. 12, fig. 5, 6

Strombus succinctus freak; in Duclos, 1844, pl. 21, fig. 6, 7

1851

Strombus succinctus in Reeve, 1851, Strombus, pl. 17, fig. 43

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Specimens from private collections

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; t: 39 mm, b:46 mm; 1978; Coll. Christian Börnke

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; dredged; 1978; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5492

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; dredged; 1986; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 1539

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; dredged; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 116

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; dredged; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 505

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; dredged; 1984; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5490

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); Panbam Island, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; 60 mm; Coll. Christian Börnke

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); Panbam Island, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu State, Coromandel Coast, Bay of Bengal, India; 54 mm; Coll. Christian Börnke

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); Sri Lanka Island (formerly Ceylon); Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5493

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); Nicobar Archipelago, India, eastern Indian Ocean; 1971; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5489

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off Ko Chan Island, near Kapoe, Andaman Sea, Thailand; in net at 30 fathoms; 1977; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 2774

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767); off SW Singapore; at 28 m in shrimpers' nets; 1986; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 5491