WoRMS name details
Amphiperatidae J. E. Gray, 1853
1214736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1214736)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Family
Amphiperas Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Ovula Bruguière, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1853). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 124–132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785854
page(s): 130; note: as Amphiperasidae [details]
page(s): 130; note: as Amphiperasidae [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Amphiperatidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1214736 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1853). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 124–132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785854
page(s): 130; note: as Amphiperasidae [details]
page(s): 130; note: as Amphiperasidae [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors 
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