Notes on Canarium sensu Abbott. 2. On the identity of Strombus dentatus Linnaeus, 1758 with the designation of a neotype and notes on its subjective synonyms (Caenogastropoda: Strombidae)

For a long time the nominal taxon Strombus dentatus Linnaeus, 1758, currently Tridentarius dentatus, has been a source of confusion. Herein the early sources of confusion are investigated based on literature roughly up to 1800. A lectotype for S. dentatus has been designated earlier on, but, as the specimen is not a syntype, this lectotype designation is not in agreement with the Izcn Code. To fix the identity of S. dentatus unambiguously, a neotype for this species is designated. Lectotypes for the nominal taxa Lambis dentata, a subjective synonym and secondary homonym of S. dentatus, and S. samarensis, a subjective synonym of S. dentatus, are designated. Information, on the (possible) whereabouts of specimens referred to by subsequent authors, is added. An appendix with notes on Martin Lister’s Historiae Conchyliorom is added.