Abramis bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Acarus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Accipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Acerina schraetser (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Gymnocephalus schraetser (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alauda Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Alca Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alca alle Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Alca arctica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Alca grylle Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alca torda torda Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alcedo ispida Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Alcedo atthis ispida Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alcedo smyrnensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Alcyonium arboreum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Alcyonium bursa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh, 1817 (original description)
Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Amphibia (original description)
Amphisbetia operculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas bernicla Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas clangula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas ferina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas fuligula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas fusca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas hyemalis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas mollissima Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas nigra Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anguis Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anomia Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anomia caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 † (original description)
Anomia cepa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anomia craniolaris Linnaeus, 1758 † accepted as Crania craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758) † (original description)
Anomia electrica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Anomia placenta Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anomia reticularis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758) † (original description)
Anomia retusa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Terebratulina retusa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Antigone australasiana Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus, 1746 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Arca Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Arca antiquata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca barbata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca glycymeris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca granosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Arca nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca nummaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca pallens Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Arca pectunculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tucetona pectunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca senilis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca tortuosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arca undata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Glycymeris undata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Ardea grus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Ardea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea stellaris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea striata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Ardea violacea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Argentina Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)

Brazil for Julus maximus Linnaeus, 1758 
Europe for Armadillo armadillo (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Europe for Julus sabulosum Linnaeus, 1758 
Europe for Julus sabulosus Linnaeus, 1758 
Europe for Julus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 
Europe for Julus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 
Europe for Ommatoiulus sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Tubularia ramosa Linnaeus, 1758 
India for Julus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 
Jamaica for Turbo imbricatus Linnaeus, 1758 
Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone for Pecten yessoensis J. C. Jay, 1857 
Kamchatka Shelf and Coast for Sertularia cedrina Linnaeus, 1758 
Kamchatka Shelf and Coast for Sertularia purpurea Linnaeus, 1758 
Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 
Malta for Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 
Mediterranean Sea for Murex pusio Linnaeus, 1758  (inaccurate)
New Guinea for Murex aruanus Linnaeus, 1758 
Sweden for Julus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Sweden for Scolopendra lagura Linnaeus, 1758 
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus equinus Linnaeus, 1758 

 Authority

 for Scolopendra marina Linnaeus, 1758

Scolopendra marina is a pre-Linnaean errant marine annelid, first appearing as a descriptive name in Aristotle's ... [details]

 Description

 for Nereis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758

Original description (Linnaeus, 1758) "Dwells in every sea easily, rendering the waters fiery, as it were, very ... [details]

 Editor's comment

 for Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

On usage in Annelida. Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 belongs in Arthropoda: Myriapoda: Chilopoda, which are the ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Believed to be named after the name of the nymphs in Greek mythology. The Nereids (Greek: Νηρηΐδες ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

 for Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Feminine. Linnaeus used feminine adjective 'pelagica' for the type species name. [details]

 Homonymy

 for Furia Linnaeus, 1758

In a different code system Furia is also a valid genus of fungi (Furia ithacensis kills flies called Snipe flies). ... [details]

 Nomenclature

 for Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus, 1746

Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus 1746 cannot be an available name under ICZN Article 3.2, as it is pre-1758. For unknown ... [details]

 Nomenclature

 for Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus (1758: 787) does not give a name for Serpula spirorbis from a preceding author, but he lists four relevant ... [details]

 Spelling

 for Nereis lacustris Linnaeus, 1758

The species is originally spelled as Nereis lacustris in Linnaeus (1758: 654), but later misspelled as Nereis ... [details]

 Status

 for Furia Linnaeus, 1758

Fictional genus. Linnaeus attributed a mystery painful inflammation he experienced as a young man travelling in ... [details]

 Status

 for Furia infernalis Linnaeus, 1758

Fictional worm species arising from folklore and traveller anecdotes . Linnaeus attributed a mystery painful ... [details]

 Status

 for Nereis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus (1758) appears to be recording a bioluminescent worm. This would not be a nereidid as they are not capable ... [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Lumbricus marinus Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus (1758) established 'Lumbricus' for the unrelated taxa, L terrestris (earthworm) and L. marinus (marine ... [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Nereis caerulea Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus used these four sources as a basis for Nereis caerulea. Using them no one could identify what the worm ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758

Unknown ("in oceano"-Linneaus, 1758: 655). [details]

 Type locality

 for Hirudo octoculata Linnaeus, 1758

Unspecified Sweden, in fresh water [details]

 Type locality

 for Limax agrestis Linnaeus, 1758

Terra typica: Sweden [details]

 Type locality

 for Murex fuscatus Linnaeus, 1758

M. Mediterraneo [erroneous] [details]

 Type locality

 for Nereis caerulea Linnaeus, 1758

World Ocean various. The locations from Linnaeus's sources are Holland, Jamaica, and China. The Hartman catalogue ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Nereis lacustris Linnaeus, 1758

Sweden. Not indicated in Linnaeus (1758: 654), but Linnaeus (1767: 1085) points "Habitat in Paludibus argillosis ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Nereis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758

In all oceans according to Linnaeus! He does not specify Swedish seas. However, as he included the species in his ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Europe, in stagnant waterbodies (“Habitat in Europeae stagnis”; Linnaeus, 1758: 769) [details]

 Type locality

 for Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758

Malta. Author: "Habitat in M. Mediterraneo ad Melitam"  [details]

 Type locality

 for Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Not stated in the original description [details]

 Type locality

 for Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

M. Mediterraneo [erroneous] [details]