Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Shell from Gorringe seamount, 36°31'N, 11°38'W, 350-360 m, 'Seamount 1' DE09, (actual size 8.2 mm)

AphiaID

139959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139959)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Emarginula Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Patella fissura Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 784 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139959 on 2025-05-18

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139959 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 784 [details] Available for editors

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]