WoRMS name details
Elenchus Swainson, 1840
580344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:580344)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Elenchus Curtis, 1831 [Coleoptera], and junior objective synonym of Cantharidus)
Genus
Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784) (type by subsequent designation)
Monodonta (Elenchus) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)
Subgenus Elenchus (Phasianotrochus) P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Phasianotrochus P. Fischer, 1885 (original rank)
Species Elenchus dilatatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Cantharidus dilatatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (basionym)
Species Elenchus exiguus A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Alcyna exigua (A. Gould, 1861) (original combination)
Species Elenchus ocellatus Gould, 1861 accepted as Phasianotrochus eximius (Perry, 1811)
Species Elenchus rutilus A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Phasianotrochus rutilus (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination)
Species Elenchus circulatus Reeve, 1848 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Elenchus vulgaris A. Adams, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Elenchus dilatatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Cantharidus dilatatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (basionym)
Species Elenchus exiguus A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Alcyna exigua (A. Gould, 1861) (original combination)
Species Elenchus ocellatus Gould, 1861 accepted as Phasianotrochus eximius (Perry, 1811)
Species Elenchus rutilus A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Phasianotrochus rutilus (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination)
Species Elenchus circulatus Reeve, 1848 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Elenchus vulgaris A. Adams, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Monodonta (Elenchus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Elenchus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580344 on 2022-07-01
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(of Monodonta (Elenchus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
