WoRMS taxon details
Brechites Guettard, 1770
204184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204184)
accepted
Genus
Aspergillum vaginiferum Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Brechites attrahens ([Lightfoot], 1786) (type by subsequent designation)
Aspergillum Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Brechites (Brechites) Guettard, 1770 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Penicillus (Warnea) J. E. Gray, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Warnea J. E. Gray, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Brechites attrahens ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Brechites australis (Chenu, 1842)
- Species Brechites nagahamai (Kosuge, 1979)
- Subgenus Brechites (Brechites) Guettard, 1770 accepted as Brechites Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Brechites (Foegia) J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Foegia J. E. Gray, 1842
- Species Brechites (Foegia) novaezelandiae (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Foegia novaezelandiae (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites (Foegia) veitchi B. J. Smith, 1971 accepted as Kendrickiana veitchi (B. J. Smith, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Brechites (Kendrickiana) B. Morton, 2004 accepted as Kendrickiana B. Morton, 2004 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Brechites (Kendrickiana) veitchi B. J. Smith, 1971 accepted as Kendrickiana veitchi (B. J. Smith, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Brechites (Nipponoclava) B. J. Smith, 1976 accepted as Nipponoclava B. J. Smith, 1976 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Brechites (Nipponoclava) gigantea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) accepted as Nipponoclava gigantea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Brechites (Verpa) Röding, 1798 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Brechites (Verpa) aquarius (Burrow, 1815) accepted as Verpa aquaria (Burrow, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites (Verpa) penis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Verpa penis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites (Verpa) philippinensis (Chenu, 1842) accepted as Verpa philippinensis (Chenu, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites dichotomus (Chenu, 1842) accepted as Verpa aquaria (Burrow, 1815) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Brechites giganteus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) accepted as Nipponoclava gigantea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites novaezelandiae (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Foegia novaezelandiae (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Brechites penis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Verpa penis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Brechites philippinensis (Chenu, 1842) accepted as Verpa philippinensis (Chenu, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites strangei (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Humphreyia strangei (A. Adams, 1854)
- Species Brechites strangulatus (Chenu, 1842) accepted as Penicillus philippinensis (Chenu, 1842) accepted as Verpa philippinensis (Chenu, 1842)
- Species Brechites vaginiferus (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Brechites attrahens ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Brechites veitchi B. J. Smith, 1971 accepted as Kendrickiana veitchi (B. J. Smith, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brechites yokoyamai Shikama, 1954 accepted as Nipponoclava gigantea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guettard J.E. (1770). <i>Mémoires sur différentes parties des Sciences et Arts [qui referme] ... Deuxième Mémoire, qui renferme la concordance des auteurs qui ont parlé des tuyaux marins fossiles, auxquels on a comparé ceux qui se pêchent actuellement dans la mer. Classe des Tuyaux Marins. Troisième Mémoire. Sur les erreurs où l'on a été au sujet des tuyaux marins</i>. Paris: Prault. 544 pp. , available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN483932760
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Brechites Guettard, 1770. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204184 on 2026-06-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Guettard J.E. (1770). <i>Mémoires sur différentes parties des Sciences et Arts [qui referme] ... Deuxième Mémoire, qui renferme la concordance des auteurs qui ont parlé des tuyaux marins fossiles, auxquels on a comparé ceux qui se pêchent actuellement dans la mer. Classe des Tuyaux Marins. Troisième Mémoire. Sur les erreurs où l'on a été au sujet des tuyaux marins</i>. Paris: Prault. 544 pp. , available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN483932760
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Warnea J. E. Gray, 1858) Gray, J. E. (1858). On the families of Aspergillidae, Gastrochaenidae and Humphreyiadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 307-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271839
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Aspergillum Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 428 [details]
basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Warnea J. E. Gray, 1858) Gray, J. E. (1858). On the families of Aspergillidae, Gastrochaenidae and Humphreyiadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 307-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271839
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Aspergillum Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 428 [details]
basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
Other
additional source
Morton B. 2002. Biology and functional morphology of the watering pot shell <i>Brechites vaginiferus</i> (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Clavagelloidea). <i>Journal of Zoology</i>, London, 257: 545–562., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0952836902001139 [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
