WoRMS taxon details
Moerchiella G. Nevill, 1885
593675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593675)
accepted
Genus
Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, 1850 accepted as Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 1850) (type by original designation)
Rissoina (Moerchiella) G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (original rank)
Rissoina (Morchiella) [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Zebina (Morchiella) [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Moerchiella antoni (Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1860)
- Species Moerchiella artensis (Montrouzier, 1872)
- Species Moerchiella bozzettii (Faber, 2015)
- Species Moerchiella deformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Moerchiella deleta Laseron, 1956
- Species Moerchiella dorbignyi (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 1850)
- Species Moerchiella kilburni (Sleurs, 1993)
- Species Moerchiella okinawensis (Sleurs, 1993)
- Species Moerchiella persista Laseron, 1956
- Species Moerchiella reticulata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Moerchiella striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Species Moerchiella striolata (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Moerchiella detrita (O. Boettger, 1893) accepted as Moerchiella dorbignyi (A. Adams, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Moerchiella volvera Laseron, 1956 accepted as Moerchiella artensis (Montrouzier, 1872) (Junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Rissoina (Moerchiella) G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 73, 88 [details]
page(s): 73, 88 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moerchiella G. Nevill, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593675 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rissoina (Moerchiella) G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 73, 88 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 73, 88 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Sleurs, W. J. M. (1993). A revision of the Recent species of <i>Rissoina</i> (<i>Moerchiella</i>), <i>R.</i> (<i>Apataxia</i>), <i>R.</i> (<i>Ailinzebina</i>) and <i>R.</i> (<i>Pachyrissoina</i>) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Biologie.</em> 63: 71-135., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/63-1993/biologie-1993-63_71-135.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Faber, M. J. & S. Gori. (2016). Infralittoral Rissoinidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) of Maldives with the introduction of a new subfamily and one replacement name, the description of three new species, and a note on the identity of Rissoa rosea Deshayes, 1863. <em>Basteria.</em> 80: 95-111.
page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Faber, M. J. & S. Gori. (2016). Infralittoral Rissoinidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) of Maldives with the introduction of a new subfamily and one replacement name, the description of three new species, and a note on the identity of Rissoa rosea Deshayes, 1863. <em>Basteria.</em> 80: 95-111.
page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
