WoRMS taxon details
Pupillaea Gray, 1835
225003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225003)
accepted
Genus
Fissurella aperta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Pupillaea aperta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (type by monotypy)
Pupillia [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834-1835). <i>Fissurella</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 68-81, fig. 1-77. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 68-71, figs 1-27 (1834); Parts 72-81, figs 28-77 (1835)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915831
page(s): Part 80: 2 [details]
page(s): Part 80: 2 [details]
Nomenclature Established in synonymy, but used as valid before 1961, e.g. by Krauss, 1848, Die südafrikanischen Mollusken: 62.
Nomenclature Established in synonymy, but used as valid before 1961, e.g. by Krauss, 1848, Die südafrikanischen Mollusken: 62. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pupillaea Gray, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225003 on 2026-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834-1835). <i>Fissurella</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 68-81, fig. 1-77. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 68-71, figs 1-27 (1834); Parts 72-81, figs 28-77 (1835)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915831
page(s): Part 80: 2 [details]
page(s): Part 80: 2 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
McLean, J. H. (1984). Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the <i>Fissurellidea</i> group. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 2: 21-34. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Established in synonymy, but used as valid before 1961, e.g. by Krauss, 1848, Die südafrikanischen Mollusken: 62. [details]
