MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acicularia Monterosato, 1884

ERMS name details

Acicularia Monterosato, 1884

AphiaID

536935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:536935)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Acicularia d'Archiac, 1837 [Porifera] and several others)

Accepted name

Crinophtheiros Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Eulima beryllina Monterosato, 1878 accepted as Crinophtheiros comatulicola (Graff, 1875) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853

Original name

Acicularia Monterosato, 1884

Direct children (4)

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Species Acicularia lubrica Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Acicularia monterosatoi Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890) (original combination)
Species Acicularia pernula Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Acicularia translucens Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 102 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acicularia Monterosato, 1884. 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=536935 on 2025-11-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Acicularia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536935 on 2025-11-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-05 19:28:24Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-03-01 15:10:38Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2015-03-21 10:26:40Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-10-25 07:36:02Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-04-01 14:38:57Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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original description Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 102 [details]

additional source Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl., 13: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/49.supplement_13.1
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 141 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Crinophtheiros comatulicola

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