MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

ERMS taxon details

Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

AphiaID

138489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138489)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Siphonariidae J. E. Gray, 1827

Original name

Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

Synonymised names

Mouretus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Siphonaria belcheri Hanley, 1858
Species Siphonaria crenata Blainville, 1827
Species Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Siphonaria savignyi Krauss, 1848
Species Siphonaria adansonii (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
Species Siphonaria algesirae Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Siphonaria grisea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Siphonaria jonasii Dunker, 1846 accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Siphonaria mouret G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Siphonaria mouretus Blainville, 1824 accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Siphonaria striatocostata Dunker, 1846 accepted as Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): part xxi [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823. 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=138489 on 2026-01-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138489 on 2026-01-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-04-04 09:07:56Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2010-10-01 21:22:21Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2012-06-05 16:16:17Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2013-05-15 15:01:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2017-08-14 02:40:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-09-30 06:53:28Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): part xxi [details]

original description (of Mouretus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Mouret, Mouretus (Malacoz.), pp. 161-162, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 33. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25301984
page(s): 162 [details]

taxonomy source Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Megataxa. 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hubendick, B. (1946). Systematic monograph of the Patelliformia. Kunglige Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar. ser. 3, 23 (5) : 1-93, 20 figs, 6 pls. [details]

additional source Allanson, B. R. (1958). On the systematics and distribution of the molluscan genus Siphonaria in South Africa. Hydrobiologia. 12: 149-180. [details]

additional source Chambers R.J. & McQuaid C.D.1994. Notes on the taxonomy, spawn and larval development of South African species of the intertidal pulmonate limpet genus Siphonaria (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 60: 263-275. [details]

additional source Köhler, A. (1893). Beiträge zur Anatomie der Gattung Siphonaria. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abtheilung fur Anatomie und Ontogenie der Thiere. 7: 1-92, pl. 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35719735 [details]

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