WoRMS taxon details
Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862)
493075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493075)
accepted
Species
Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862) Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Scissurellidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 346-348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602946
page(s): 348. [details]
page(s): 348. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493075 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886) Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862) Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Scissurellidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 346-348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602946
page(s): 348. [details]
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862) Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Scissurellidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 346-348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602946
page(s): 348. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Geiger, D.L. (2012). Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. <i>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs</i>. Number 7. [30 October 2012].
page(s): Vol. 1: 235. [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 235. [details]
Other
additional source
Helwerda R.A. & Wesselingh F.P. (2014). Revision of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae and Fissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3838(2): 183-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886)
To Malacopics (Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862))
To NHMUK collection (Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2799921) (from synonym Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862)
To NHMUK collection (Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499648) (from synonym Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886)
To Malacopics (Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862))
To NHMUK collection (Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2799921) (from synonym Anatomus mirificus A. Adams, 1862)
To NHMUK collection (Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499648) (from synonym Scissurella declinans R. B. Watson, 1886)
