African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Marchia Jousseaume, 1880

AphiaID

205181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205181)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Pterynotus Swainson, 1833

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muricidae incertae sedis

Original name

Marchia Jousseaume, 1880

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Species Marchia barclayana (H. Adams, 1873) accepted as Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873)
Species Marchia elongata ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Pterynotus elongatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Species Marchia pellucida (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve, 1845)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Marchia Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205181 on 2026-06-09

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Marchia Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205181 on 2026-06-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-06-05 13:17:19Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2009-06-28 06:12:49Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2023-07-16 04:41:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-04 04:27:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]