WoRMS taxon details
Pseudovertagus Vignal, 1904
456500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456500)
accepted
Genus
Murex aluco Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Aluco Link, 1807 · unaccepted
Cerithium (Aluco) Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Clava (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904 · alternative representation
Rhinoclavis (Aluco) Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Rhinoclavis (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Pseudovertagus elegans Bozzetti, 2006
- Species Pseudovertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848)
- Species Pseudovertagus peroni B. R. Wilson, 1975
- Species Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)
- Species Pseudovertagus excelsior Iredale, 1930 accepted as Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)
- Subgenus Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904 represented as Pseudovertagus Vignal, 1904
- Species Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) clava (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
- Species Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) aluco (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) nobilis (Reeve, 1848) represented as Pseudovertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848)
- Species Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) peroni B. R. Wilson, 1975 represented as Pseudovertagus peroni B. R. Wilson, 1975
- Species Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) phylarchus (Iredale, 1929) represented as Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Cerithium (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904) Vignal L. (1904). Liste des coquilles de la famille des Cerithidés recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier aux environs de Djibouti et d'Obock (1904). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> 10(6): 354-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899565
page(s): 358 [details]
page(s): 358 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pseudovertagus Vignal, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456500 on 2026-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerithium (Aluco) Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details] 
original description (of Cerithium (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904) Vignal L. (1904). Liste des coquilles de la famille des Cerithidés recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier aux environs de Djibouti et d'Obock (1904). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> 10(6): 354-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899565
page(s): 358 [details]
original description (of Aluco Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 3: 130 [details]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1978). The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1: the genera <i>Rhinoclavis</i>, <i>Pseudovertagus</i> and <i>Clavocerithium</i>. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 1: 1-130. [details]
original description (of Cerithium (Pseudovertagus) Vignal, 1904) Vignal L. (1904). Liste des coquilles de la famille des Cerithidés recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier aux environs de Djibouti et d'Obock (1904). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> 10(6): 354-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899565
page(s): 358 [details]
original description (of Aluco Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 3: 130 [details]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1978). The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1: the genera <i>Rhinoclavis</i>, <i>Pseudovertagus</i> and <i>Clavocerithium</i>. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 1: 1-130. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
