WoRMS taxon details
Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800)
140758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140758)
accepted
Species
Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800 · unaccepted
Bullaea alata Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Colpodaspis punctata (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted
Philine pusilla M. Sars, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800) Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 2; pl. 1 fig. 6-8 [details]
page(s): 2; pl. 1 fig. 6-8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140758 on 2026-10-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800) Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 2; pl. 1 fig. 6-8 [details]
original description (of Bullaea alata Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details]
original description (of Philine pusilla M. Sars, 1859) Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1858: 34-87., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=mCkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60182000 [details]
basis of record Ohnheiser, L. T.; Malaquias, M. (2013). Systematic revision of the gastropod family Philinidae (Mollusca: Cephalaspidea) in the north-east Atlantic Ocean with emphasis on the Scandinavian Peninsula. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 167: 273-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12000 [details]
page(s): 2; pl. 1 fig. 6-8 [details]
original description (of Bullaea alata Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details]
original description (of Philine pusilla M. Sars, 1859) Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1858: 34-87., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=mCkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60182000 [details]
basis of record Ohnheiser, L. T.; Malaquias, M. (2013). Systematic revision of the gastropod family Philinidae (Mollusca: Cephalaspidea) in the north-east Atlantic Ocean with emphasis on the Scandinavian Peninsula. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 167: 273-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12000 [details]
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additional source
Chirli, C.; Forli, M. (2025). I molluschi del Pleistocene inferiore (Calabriano) del botro Crocetta, Rosignano Marittimo (Livorno). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 61(2): 131-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2025.07
page(s): 141, figs 4I-K [details]
additional source Crocetta, F.; Tringali, L. P. (2017). Remarks on <i>Philine striatula</i> Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., with a survey on Philinidae J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815) sensu lato (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) recently ascribed to the Mediterranean fauna. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48:1499–1510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0652-0
note: compared with Philine striatula [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 141, figs 4I-K [details]
additional source Crocetta, F.; Tringali, L. P. (2017). Remarks on <i>Philine striatula</i> Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., with a survey on Philinidae J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815) sensu lato (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) recently ascribed to the Mediterranean fauna. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48:1499–1510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0652-0
note: compared with Philine striatula [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gestippeld schepje | [details] |
| English | tiny paperbubble | [details] |
| German | Kleine Seemandel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
To Malacopics (Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800) Spain, Cantabria, Laredo, beached, collected 1981...
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To PESI (from synonym Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Bullaea alata Forbes, 1844)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
To Malacopics (Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800) Spain, Cantabria, Laredo, beached, collected 1981...
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To PESI (from synonym Bulla punctata J. Adams, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Bullaea alata Forbes, 1844)
To PESI
To ITIS
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