MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Oxygyrus W. H. Benson, 1835

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Oxygyrus W. H. Benson, 1835

Oxygyrus inflatus Benson, 1835Shell from Tyro seamount, central North Atlantic (actual size 2.5 mm)

AphiaID

137688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137688)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Oxygyrus inflatus W. H. Benson, 1835 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Atlantidae Rang, 1829

Original name

Oxygyrus W. H. Benson, 1835

Synonymised names

Atys (Sphaeratys) F. Nordsieck, 1972 · unaccepted

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Species Oxygyrus inflatus W. H. Benson, 1835
Species Oxygyrus levu Ladd, 1977 †
Species Oxygyrus major van Regteren Altena & Beets, 1945 †
Species Oxygyrus keraudrenii (Lesueur, 1817) accepted as Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817
Species Oxygyrus rangii J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Oxygyrus inflatus W. H. Benson, 1835

Environment

marine

Original description

Benson, W. H. (1835). Account of Oxygyrus a new genus of pelagian shells allied to the genus Atlanta of Lesueur, with a note on some other pelagian shells lately taken on board of the ship Malcolm. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 4: 173-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37189374 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Oxygyrus W. H. Benson, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137688 on 2024-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2011-10-27 14:25:45Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-05 20:43:33Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Benson, W. H. (1835). Account of Oxygyrus a new genus of pelagian shells allied to the genus Atlanta of Lesueur, with a note on some other pelagian shells lately taken on board of the ship Malcolm. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 4: 173-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37189374 [details]

original description (of Atys (Sphaeratys) F. Nordsieck, 1972) Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
page(s): 29 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]