WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829)

AphiaID

140846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140846)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)

Rank

Species

Parent

Potamides Brongniart, 1810 †

Original name

Cerithium conicum Blainville, 1829

Synonymised names

Cerithium cinerascente G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)

Potamides cailliaudii (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cerithium conicum Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 158; pl. 6A fig. 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140846 on 2026-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-02-11 14:10:23Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-03-17 11:49:45Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-02-20 13:19:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-05-28 07:12:15Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cerithium conicum Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 158; pl. 6A fig. 10 [details]

basis of record Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 56, fig. 185 [details]

Other

additional source Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., Lozouet, P., Glaubrecht, M. & Williams, S.T. (2008) Mudwhelks and mangroves: the evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 680-699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.003 [details] Available for editors