WoRMS taxon details
Clypeomorus bifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
AphiaID: 139067
AphiaID: 139067
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Cerithiidae (Family) > Cerithiinae (Subfamily) > Clypeomorus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cerithium (Pithocerithium) morum Lamarck, 1822 (chresonym) Cerithium bifasciatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 (original combination) Cerithium concisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852 (original combination) Cerithium gemmulatum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852 (original combination) Cerithium humile Dunker, 1861 (original combination) Cerithium morus Lamarck, 1822 (invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium morus Bruguière, 1792) Cerithium nigrofasciatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1865 (original combination) Cerithium obesulum G. B. Sowerby II, 1865 (original combination) Cerithium oceanicum Hedley, 1899 (original combination) Cerithium rubrolineatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 (original combination) Cerithium uranus Bayle, 1880 (original combination) Cerithium vittatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 (original combination) Clypeomorus bifasciata bifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) (chresonym) Clypeomorus bifasciatum [sic] (incorrect gender ending) Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888 (original combination) Clypeomorus concisus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852) (chresonym) Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822) Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929 (original combination) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Indo-Pacific Marine Molluscs, available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, 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. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (from synonym): Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 10/2: 113-133. [details] [view taxon] [full text] basis of record (from synonym): Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 40 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Clypeomorus bifasciata bifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) accepted as Clypeomorus bifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) Variety Clypeomorus bifasciata var. persica Houbrick, 1985 accepted as Clypeomorus persica Houbrick, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Very variable shell, up to 3 cm, commonly with three granulated, spiral rows on each whorl (less pronounced towards the apex). Colour diverse, normally dark grey, brown or black with white higlights. Aperture pale or white, occasionally banded (both varieties illustrated). Habitat: eulittoral around rocks and on sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139067 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Clypeomorus bifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139067 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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