MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Gegania Jeffreys, 1884

ERMS name details

Gegania Jeffreys, 1884

AphiaID

517232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517232)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Tuba I. Lea, 1833

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Gegania pinguis Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Tuba pinguis (Jeffreys, 1884) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Mathildidae Dall, 1889

Original name

Gegania Jeffreys, 1884

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Species Gegania pinguis Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Tuba pinguis (Jeffreys, 1884)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Jeffreys, J. G. (1884). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1884: 341-372, pl. 26-28., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28690228
page(s): 365 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gegania Jeffreys, 1884. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=517232 on 2026-07-27

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Gegania Jeffreys, 1884. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517232 on 2026-07-27

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-09-10 12:28:10Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-20 06:06:21Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-04-12 11:42:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-11-29 19:32:19Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2023-12-26 19:46:06Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-03-02 09:08:05Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (3)

original description Jeffreys, J. G. (1884). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1884: 341-372, pl. 26-28., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28690228
page(s): 365 [details]

additional source Govoni, D. L., Crowley, K. D., Hansen, T. A. & Allmon, W. D. (2025). Gastropod mollusks from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. Bulletins of American Paleontology. No. 412: 1-103, text-figs. 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2025.412.01
page(s): 70-71, text-fig. 48; note: as Gegania? sp. indet. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Harzhauser, M. & Landau, B. (2023). The Architectonicidae and Mathildidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea—victims of the Miocene Climatic Transition. Zootaxa. 5370(1): 1-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5370.1.1 [details] Available for editors