MolluscaBase taxon details
Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881)
430631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430631)
accepted
Species
Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Prosimnia semperi boshuensis C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Prosimnia boshuensis C. N. Cate, 1973
- Subspecies Prosimnia semperi draconis C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Prosimnia draconis C. N. Cate, 1973
marine
(of Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881) Weinkauff, H. C. (1852-1881). Die Gattungen <i>Cypraea</i> und <i>Ovula</i>. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., eds. <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>, 5(3): 1-231, pls A, 1-53. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Publication dates: pls 1-6 [1852]; pp. 1-16 [1877]; 17-80, pls 7-24 [1880]; 81-231, pls 25-53, A [1881]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34262991
page(s): 190, pl. 48 fig. 14-15; note: missspelled Sempieri p. 190 [details]
page(s): 190, pl. 48 fig. 14-15; note: missspelled Sempieri p. 190 [details]
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original description
(of Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881) Weinkauff, H. C. (1852-1881). Die Gattungen <i>Cypraea</i> und <i>Ovula</i>. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., eds. <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>, 5(3): 1-231, pls A, 1-53. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Publication dates: pls 1-6 [1852]; pp. 1-16 [1877]; 17-80, pls 7-24 [1880]; 81-231, pls 25-53, A [1881]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34262991
page(s): 190, pl. 48 fig. 14-15; note: missspelled Sempieri p. 190 [details]
original description (of Ovula triticea Lamarck, 1810 sensu P. J. Fischer, 1927) Fischer, P. J. (1927). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pliozänfauna der Molukkeninseln Seran und Obi. <em>Palaeontologie von Timor.</em> 15(25): 1-212.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 125. [details]
additional source Narayana, S. & Apte, D. (2016). New records of marine parasitic molluscs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 113(1): 39-43, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63808132
page(s): 40-41, figs. 1d-e [details]
page(s): 190, pl. 48 fig. 14-15; note: missspelled Sempieri p. 190 [details]
original description (of Ovula triticea Lamarck, 1810 sensu P. J. Fischer, 1927) Fischer, P. J. (1927). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pliozänfauna der Molukkeninseln Seran und Obi. <em>Palaeontologie von Timor.</em> 15(25): 1-212.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 125. [details]
additional source Narayana, S. & Apte, D. (2016). New records of marine parasitic molluscs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 113(1): 39-43, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63808132
page(s): 40-41, figs. 1d-e [details]




To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prosimnia semperi)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Malacopics (Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Primovula coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) sensu F. A. Schilder, 1941)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prosimnia semperi)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Malacopics (Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Primovula coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) sensu F. A. Schilder, 1941)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection