MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)

(of Cerithium conicum Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 158; pl. 6A fig. 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829). 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=238094 on 2026-01-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238094 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

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2007-02-22 09:00:37Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-11 16:07:06Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of Cerithium conicum Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 158; pl. 6A fig. 10 [details]

original description (of Cerithium cailliaudii Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1838). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Tome 1, pp. xxxvi + 560 + 4 (Relevé des genres manquants; Errata). Atlas, pp. 1-56, pls I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris: Baillière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10934167 [details]

original description (of Cerithium cinerascente G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus Cerithium, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 882, pl. 185 fig. 254; note: name credited to Pallas [details]

original description (of Cerithium peloritanum Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]

original description (of Cerithium sardoum Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]

original description (of Pirenella conica tricolor Pallary, 1904) Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904]; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4 [28 November 1906]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430
page(s): 232-233 [details]

original description (of Pirenella conica var. fusca Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte. 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914 [details]

original description (of Pirenella conica var. major Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte. 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914 [details]

original description (of Pirenella conica var. teilhardi Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte. 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914
page(s): 112, Pl.15 fig. 53. [details]

original description (of Pirenella conica var. funicula Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte. 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914 [details]

original description (of Pirenella conica var. mairei Pallary, 1938) Pallary, P. (1938). Les Mollusques marins de la Syrie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 82(1): 5-58, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670854/f8.image
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Reid D.G. & Ozawa T. (2016). The genus Pirenella Gray, 1847 (= Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929) (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region and Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa. 4076(1): 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4076.1.1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 30. [details] Available for editors

additional source Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]