MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Astacolus Montfort, 1808

ERMS taxon details

Astacolus Montfort, 1808

Nautilus crepidula Fichtel & Moll, 1798

AphiaID

112283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112283)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Marginulininae Wedekind, 1937

Original name

Astacolus Montfort, 1808

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Species Astacolus albatrossi (Cushman, 1923)
Species Astacolus crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Species Astacolus crepidulus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Astacolus crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) (crepidula: small boot is a Latin feminine noun not an adjective)
Species Astacolus planulatus Galloway & Wissler, 1927 accepted as Planularia planulata (Galloway & Wissler, 1927)
Species Astacolus subalatus (Brady, 1884) accepted as Vaginulinopsis albatrossi (Cushman, 1923) accepted as Astacolus albatrossi (Cushman, 1923) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Subjective senior synonym Opinion of Jones (1994) but Cristellaria obtusata var. subalata Brady 1884 is a Primary junior homonym of C. subalata Reuss, 1854.)

Environment

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

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Astacolus Montfort, 1808. 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=112283 on 2026-08-18

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Astacolus Montfort, 1808. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112283 on 2026-08-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

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Martinez, Olga

2013-03-08 15:09:52Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-04-15 10:10:29Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2018-03-22 16:56:02Z

changed

Le Coze, François

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details]

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors