MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853

ERMS taxon details

Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853

AphiaID

138007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138007)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Oithona nobilis Alder & Hancock, 1851 accepted as Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) (type by typification of replaced name)

Parent

Fionidae J. E. Gray, 1857

Original name

Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853

Synonymised names

Hymenaeolis A. Costa, 1866 · unaccepted

Oithona Alder & Hancock, 1851 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)

Invalid: junior homonym of Oithona Baird, 1843; Fiona is a replacement name

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Species Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Species Fiona atlantica Bergh, 1857 accepted as Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) (synonym)
Species Fiona marina Eliot, 1910 accepted as Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 4: x [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138007 on 2026-05-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138007 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-10-17 12:13:23Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-12-21 11:51:09Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-26 23:51:41Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-02-08 21:07:03Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-03-23 18:56:46Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 4: x [details]

original description (of Oithona Alder & Hancock, 1851) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341 [details]

original description (of Hymenaeolis A. Costa, 1866) Costa A. (1866-1869). Saggio sui molluschi eolididei del Golfo di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli, (1863) 3: 59-90, pl. 1-3 [1866]; (1864) 4: 26-37, pl. 1-2 [1867]; (1865) 5: 46-53, pl. 2 [1869], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11331073
page(s): 64 [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]