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WoRMS taxon details

Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864

AphiaID

437174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437174)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Pediculariella Thiele, 1925

Parent

Pedicularia Swainson, 1840

Original name

Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864

Synonymised names

Pedicularia ovuliformis S. S. Berry, 1946 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

Newcomb, W. (1864). Description of a new species of Pedicularia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. (1) 3: 121-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3148010 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437174 on 2025-11-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-03 11:45:09Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-09-24 22:42:09Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Newcomb, W. (1864). Description of a new species of Pedicularia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. (1) 3: 121-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3148010 [details]

basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]

Other

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 82 [details]

additional source Jacobs, S. (1946). Color variations in Pedicularia californica Newcomb. The Nautilus. 59(4): 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523627 [details]

additional source Schmieder, R. W. (1980). Intermediate forms and range extension of Pedicularia californica and Pedicularia ovuliformis. The Veliger. 22(4): 382-384., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42517904 [details]

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