WoRMS taxon details
Uvanilla unguis (W. Wood, 1828)
579276 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579276)
accepted
Species
Astraea unguis (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Trochus amictus Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus chemnitzii Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus unguis W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
Turbo digitatus Deshayes, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Trochus unguis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 16, 56, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 16, 56, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Uvanilla unguis (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579276 on 2026-08-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus unguis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 16, 56, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Turbo digitatus Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P. (1839). Nouvelles espèces de mollusques, provenant des côtes de la Californie, du Mexique, du Kamtschatka et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 2(12): 356-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299248
page(s): 361 [details]
original description (of Trochus amictus Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345 [details]
original description (of Trochus chemnitzii Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345 [details]
basis of record Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), <i>A Conchological Iconography</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245. [details]
page(s): 16, 56, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Turbo digitatus Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P. (1839). Nouvelles espèces de mollusques, provenant des côtes de la Californie, du Mexique, du Kamtschatka et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 2(12): 356-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299248
page(s): 361 [details]
original description (of Trochus amictus Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345 [details]
original description (of Trochus chemnitzii Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345 [details]
basis of record Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), <i>A Conchological Iconography</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Astraea unguis (W. Wood, 1828))
To Conchology (Uvanilla unguis)
To Conchology (Uvanilla unguis)
To Conchology (Uvanilla unguis)
To Malacopics (Uvanilla unguis (W. Wood, 1828) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, ex coll. J. Tra...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astraea unguis (W. Wood, 1828))
To Conchology (Uvanilla unguis)
To Conchology (Uvanilla unguis)
To Conchology (Uvanilla unguis)
To Malacopics (Uvanilla unguis (W. Wood, 1828) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, ex coll. J. Tra...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Astraea unguis (W. Wood, 1828))
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