Marine Species Traits - Admete viridula (O. Fabricius, 1780)

(of Tritonium viridulum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 402 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Greenland to Massachusetts

Distribution Greenland to Massachusetts [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Admete viridula (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138969 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-08-09 14:19:44Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2022-09-28 12:46:00Z

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Collins, Katie

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tritonium viridulum O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 402 [details]

original description (of Admete grandis Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette La Recherche en juin 1838. Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722 [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. laevior Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd. 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 48 [details]

original description (of Admete borealis A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 122. [details]

original description (of Admete crispa Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]

original description (of Admete middendorffiana Dall, 1885) Dall, W. H. (1885). New or specially interesting shells of the Point Barrow Expedition. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7(460): 523-526., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306317
page(s): 524 [details]

original description (of Admete undatocostata Verkrüzen, 1875) Verkrüzen, T. A. (1875). Bericht über einen Schabe-Ausflug im Sommer 1874. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 2: 229-240, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27002869
page(s): 237 [details]

original description (of Cancellaria buccinoides Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 105, pl. 3 fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Cancellaria ciliata Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette La Recherche en juin 1838. Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 22; note: name attributed to Fabricius [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. grandis Mörch, 1869) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette La Recherche en juin 1838. Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 22 [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. ventricosa Friele, 1879) Friele, H. (1879). Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeer-Expedition bei Spitzbergen gefundenen Mollusken. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 6: 264-286., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16295908
page(s): 275 [details]

original description (of Cancellaria couthouyi J. C. Jay, 1839) Jay, J. C. (1839). A catalogue of shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system; together with descriptions of new or rare species, contained in the collection of John C. Jay, M.D. 3rd ed. Wiley & Putnam, New York. 1-126, plates 1-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54059
page(s): 77 [details]

original description (of Admete abnormis Harmer, 1918) Harmer F.W. (1914-1918). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 1. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 67(330): 1-200, pl. 1-24 (part 1, February 1914); 68(333): 201-302, pl. 25-32 (part 2, July 1915); 70 (337): 303- 461, pl. 33-44 (part 3, February 1918); 71(341): i-xii, 463-483 (part 4, April 1919)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36965666 [details]

original description (of Murex costellifer J. De C. Sowerby, 1832) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 225 [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. distincta Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd. 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 48, pl. 1 fig. 14 [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. undata Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd. 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 47 [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. elongata Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd. 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 48, pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]

original description (of Admete viridula var. producta G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 217 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8]. [details]

additional source Høisæter T. (2011) Revision of the Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) in the deep water of the Norwegian Sea, with the description of a new species of Admete. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91: 493-504. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Harasewych, M. G. & Petit, R. E. (1986). Notes on the morphology of Admete viridula (Gastropoda: Cancellariidae). The Nautilus. 100(3): 85-91, figs. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277319 [details]