WoRMS name details
Fissurella pustula (Gmelin, 1791)
1895197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1895197)
unaccepted (name based on junior primary homonym)
Species
Patella pustula Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella pustula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3728, sp. 194; note: Refers to Lister 528, fig. 3, Klein p. 116, sp. 5 and Petiver pl. 3, fig. 12 and Chemnitz 10: 338, pl. 168, figs 1632-1633 [details]
page(s): 3728, sp. 194; note: Refers to Lister 528, fig. 3, Klein p. 116, sp. 5 and Petiver pl. 3, fig. 12 and Chemnitz 10: 338, pl. 168, figs 1632-1633 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fissurella pustula (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1895197 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella pustula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3728, sp. 194; note: Refers to Lister 528, fig. 3, Klein p. 116, sp. 5 and Petiver pl. 3, fig. 12 and Chemnitz 10: 338, pl. 168, figs 1632-1633 [details]
basis of record Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 14, No 13 [details]
page(s): 3728, sp. 194; note: Refers to Lister 528, fig. 3, Klein p. 116, sp. 5 and Petiver pl. 3, fig. 12 and Chemnitz 10: 338, pl. 168, figs 1632-1633 [details]
basis of record Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 14, No 13 [details]
Other
additional source
Mermod, G. (1950). Les types de la collection Lamarck au Muséum de Genève. Mollusques vivants. Part 1. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 57: 687–756., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43786637
page(s): 710, fig. 19 [types]; note: name attributed to Lamarck [details]
additional source Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): vol. 2: pl. 123/147, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 710, fig. 19 [types]; note: name attributed to Lamarck [details]
additional source Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): vol. 2: pl. 123/147, fig. 3 [details]
