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WoRMS taxon details

Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929)

AphiaID

598384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598384)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pseudovertagus Vignal, 1904

Original name

Cerithium phylarchus Iredale, 1929

Synonymised names

Cerithium (Vertagus) sowerbyi Kiener, 1841 · unaccepted

Cerithium clava G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (misidentification or junior...)

misidentification or junior homonym of Murex clava Gmelin, 1791; C. sowerbyi is a replacement name

Cerithium phylarchus Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cerithium sowerbyi Kiener, 1841 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium sowerbyi Deshayes, 1833; C. phylarchus is a replacement name

Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) phylarchus (Iredale, 1929) · alternative representation

Pseudovertagus excelsior Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cerithium phylarchus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 278 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Philippines part of the Sulu Sea

type locality contained in Philippines part of the Sulu Sea [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pseudovertagus phylarchus (Iredale, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598384 on 2026-08-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-05-24 01:03:02Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cerithium phylarchus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 278 [details]

original description (of Pseudovertagus excelsior Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 [28 August 1930]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52128623
page(s): 78, pl. 9 fig. 17 [details]

original description (of Cerithium sowerbyi Kiener, 1841) Kiener, L. C. (1839-1842). Kiener L.C. 1839-1842. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 5. Famille des Canalifères. Première partie. Genres Cérite (Cerithium), Adanson pp. 1-104, pl. 1-32 [pp. 1-32 (1841), 33-104 (1842); pl. 1-32 (1841)]; Pleurotome (Pleurotoma), Lamarck, pp. 1-84, pl. 1-27 [pp. 1-16 (1839), 17-84 (1840), pl. 1-27 (1839)]; Fuseau (Fusus), Lamarck, pp. 1-62, pl. 1-30, 17bis [pp. 1-62 (1840); pl. 2-7, 12, 15-17, 17bis, 22-23, 25 (1839); pl. 1, 8-11, 13-14, 18-21, 24, 26-30: (1840)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19762
page(s): 18, pl. 7 fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Cerithium clava G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 42, [213], fig. 8 [details]

Other

additional source Kase, T.; Fernando, A. G. S.; Aguilar, Y. M. (2025). A new Pseudovertagus (Cerithiidae; Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Lower Pleistocene of the Philippines, with notes on Sabia-hermit crab associations. Paleontological Research. 29: 286-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.2517/prpsj.250036
page(s): fig. 2B [details] Available for editors