WoRMS name details
Forskalena Iredale, 1918
817951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817951)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Trochus fanulum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Gibbula fanulum (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. <i>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London</i>. 13(1-2): 28-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770868
page(s): 28, 31; note: introduced as new genus, not replacement name for preoccupied Forskalia H. & A. Adams, 1854 [details]
page(s): 28, 31; note: introduced as new genus, not replacement name for preoccupied Forskalia H. & A. Adams, 1854 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Forskalena Iredale, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817951 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. <i>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London</i>. 13(1-2): 28-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770868
page(s): 28, 31; note: introduced as new genus, not replacement name for preoccupied Forskalia H. & A. Adams, 1854 [details]
page(s): 28, 31; note: introduced as new genus, not replacement name for preoccupied Forskalia H. & A. Adams, 1854 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Harzhauser, M. (2021). The Cainozoic to present-day record of Circum-Mediterranean, NE Atlantic and North Sea Cantharidinae and Trochinae (Trochoidea, Gastropoda)—a synopsis. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4902(1): 1-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4902.1.1
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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