MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

ERMS taxon details

Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

To GB Mollusca Types (Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803; Unverified; EXEMS Moll4235)

AphiaID

139085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139085)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850

Original name

Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803

Synonymised names

Cerithiopsis aciculata Locard & Caziot, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. clarkii Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cerithium acicula Brusina, 1865 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)

Cerithium pygmaeum R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted

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Variety Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. clarkii Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
Variety Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. nana Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Costulopsis nana (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys, 1867 (basionym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 270 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139085 on 2025-12-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139085 on 2025-12-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Cerithiopsis aciculata Locard & Caziot, 1900) Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54603755
page(s): 27 [details]

original description (of Cerithium acicula Brusina, 1865) Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 3-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444
page(s): 17 [details]

original description (of Cerithium pygmaeum R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 162-163, pl. 25, fig. 26 [details]

original description (of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 270 [details]

original description (of Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. clarkii Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 267 [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]

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad. Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 127 [details]

additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]