MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pediculariidae J. E. Gray, 1853

ERMS name details

Pediculariidae J. E. Gray, 1853

AphiaID

196288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196288)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Pediculariinae J. E. Gray, 1853

Rank

Family

Parent

Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Pediculariidae J. E. Gray, 1853

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1853). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 124–132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785854
page(s): 131; note: originally spelled as Pediculariadae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pediculariidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196288 on 2026-01-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pediculariidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196288 on 2026-01-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-03 17:10:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-05-02 17:58:21Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-04-28 20:19:23Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-06-07 08:55:57Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2024-07-30 16:04:28Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2026-01-23 10:20:19Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description Gray, J. E. (1853). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 124–132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785854
page(s): 131; note: originally spelled as Pediculariadae [details]

additional source Fehse, D. (2021). The systematic position of the Eocypraeidae F.A. Schilder 1924 Part 2 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Privately published, Dirk Fehse, Berlin. 1-46., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349731176
page(s): 25. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Frontiers in Marine Science. 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156 [details]

source of synonymy Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pediculariidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam