WoRMS taxon details
Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
740950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740950)
accepted
Species
Planesiphon elegans Iredale, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): vol. 2, p. 334, pl. 25 figs 17-18 [details]
page(s): vol. 2, p. 334, pl. 25 figs 17-18 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740950 on 2025-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): vol. 2, p. 334, pl. 25 figs 17-18 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Siphonaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, March, 1856; pl. 6-7, May 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141808
page(s): plate 5, species no. 21 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Siphonaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, March, 1856; pl. 6-7, May 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141808
page(s): plate 6, species no. 30 [details]
original description (of Planesiphon elegans Iredale, 1940) Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(4): 429-443., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38927087
page(s): 441, pl. 34, figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): vol. 2, p. 334, pl. 25 figs 17-18 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Siphonaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, March, 1856; pl. 6-7, May 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141808
page(s): plate 5, species no. 21 [details]
original description (of Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Siphonaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, March, 1856; pl. 6-7, May 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141808
page(s): plate 6, species no. 30 [details]
original description (of Planesiphon elegans Iredale, 1940) Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(4): 429-443., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38927087
page(s): 441, pl. 34, figs 3-4 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jenkins, B. W. 1983. Redescriptions and relationship of <i>Siphonaria zelandica</i> Quoy and Gaimard to <i>S. australis</i> Quoy and Gaimard with a description of <i>S. propria</i> sp. nov. (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Siphonariidae).
page(s): 4-11 [details]
page(s): 4-11 [details]
Other
additional source
Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific <em>Siphonaria</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3779(2): 246-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.7 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Planesiphon elegans Iredale, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphonaria zelandica)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard,1833 Australia, South Australia, Port Willunga)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5055)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Planesiphon elegans Iredale, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siphonaria zelandica)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard,1833 Australia, South Australia, Port Willunga)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5055)
