Marine Species Traits - Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)

Traits taxon details

Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)

AphiaID

564560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564560)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pelicaria Gray, 1857

Original name

Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): fig. 53 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564560 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564560 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-11 10:49:03Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-04-08 20:37:59Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): fig. 53 [details]

basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 40(3-4): 59-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2010.500717
page(s): 102 [details]

additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 351 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) New Zealand, Northland, Taipa, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) New Zealand, Northland, Taipa, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)

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