WoRMS taxon details
Batillaria sordida (Gmelin, 1791)
446437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446437)
accepted
Species
Batillaria bornii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) · unaccepted
Cerithium bornii G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted
Cerithium carbonarium R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Cerithium...)
junior homonym of Cerithium carbonarium Goldfuss, 1844
Cerithium morus Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted
Cerithium tourannense Souleyet, 1852 · unaccepted
Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex varicosus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Strombus tuberculatus Born, 1778 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Strombus tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1767
marine
(of Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3561 [details]
page(s): 3561 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Batillaria sordida (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446437 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3561 [details]
original description (of Cerithium morus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Cerithium carbonarium R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria altera testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(7): 99-112 [January 1849]; 5(8): 123-128; 5(9): 129-144: 5(10): 145-150 [all March 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292293
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Cerithium tourannense Souleyet, 1852) Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. <em>Zoologie. Bertrand, Paris.</em> 664 pp., Paris (Arthus Bertrand)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 601, pl. 39, figs 3-5 [details]
original description (of Strombus tuberculatus Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]
original description (of Murex varicosus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 99; note: reference to Martini 4, pl. 157 fig. 1490 [details]
basis of record Ozawa, T.; Köhler, F.; Reid, D. G.; Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38, 503-525. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 3561 [details]
original description (of Cerithium morus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Cerithium carbonarium R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria altera testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(7): 99-112 [January 1849]; 5(8): 123-128; 5(9): 129-144: 5(10): 145-150 [all March 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292293
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Cerithium tourannense Souleyet, 1852) Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. <em>Zoologie. Bertrand, Paris.</em> 664 pp., Paris (Arthus Bertrand)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 601, pl. 39, figs 3-5 [details]
original description (of Strombus tuberculatus Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]
original description (of Murex varicosus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 99; note: reference to Martini 4, pl. 157 fig. 1490 [details]
basis of record Ozawa, T.; Köhler, F.; Reid, D. G.; Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38, 503-525. [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Houbrick, R. S. (1978). Reassignment of <i>Batillaria sordida</i> (Gmelin) from the Cerithiidae to the Potamididae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91 (3): 642-649., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34601919 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cerithium carbonarium R. A. Philippi, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Strombus tuberculatus Born, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Cerithium morus Bruguière, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Batillaria sordida)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Batillaria sordida (Gmelin, 1791) Taiwan, Penghu, Taiwan Strait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cerithium carbonarium R. A. Philippi, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Strombus tuberculatus Born, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Cerithium morus Bruguière, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Batillaria sordida)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Murex sordidus Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Batillaria sordida (Gmelin, 1791) Taiwan, Penghu, Taiwan Strait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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