WoRMS name details
Penicillus giganteus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
221471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221471)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798
marine
(of Aspergillum giganteum G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1888). Description of a gigantic new species of <i>Aspergillum</i> from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1888: 290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825773 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Penicillus giganteus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221471 on 2025-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aspergillum giganteum G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1888). Description of a gigantic new species of <i>Aspergillum</i> from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1888: 290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825773 [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
