Boreoscala greenlandica
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Boreoscala greenlandica (G. Perry, 1811)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Boreoscala greenlandica (G. Perry, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523706 on 2026-08-30
created: 2010-09-17T16:09:53Z
modified: 2025-02-20T21:57:25Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Boreoscala greenlandica (G. Perry, 1811)
class: Gastropoda
family: Epitoniidae
genus: Boreoscala
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Adams, A. (1856). Description of two new shells discovered by Robert MacAndrew Esq. on the coast of Norway. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1856) 24: 1-2.
name published in: Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini].
name published in: Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1952). The genera Epitonium (part 2), Depressiscala, Cylindriscala, Nystiella and Solutiscala in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2(31): 289-356.
name published in: Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(1): 53-111, pl. 1-3.
name published in: Friele H. & Grieg J.A. (1901). Mollusca III. Den Norske Nordhavsexpedition 1876-1878. 7 (28): 1-131.
name published in: Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28 [1887]. Part 2: 1-16 pl. 29-32 [1888] 17-40 pl. 33-38 [1889] 41-104 pl. 39-50 [1900] 105-139 pl. 51-58 [1901]. Part 3: 1-24 pl. 59-62 [1902] 25-200 pl. 63-78 [1903] 201-272 pl. 79-84, 86-87 [1904] 273-406 [1905]. Part 4: 1-80 pl. 99-114 [1906] 81-172 pl. 115-126 [1908].
name published in: Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4(1): 76-97.
name published in: Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls.
name published in: Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII.
name published in: Shikama T. (1962). On some noteworthy shells from off Chôshi, Chiba Prefecture. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 8: 29-56, pls 1-3.
name published in ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10131/2923
name published in year: 1856
name published in year: 1780-1795
name published in year: 1952
name published in year: 1838
name published in year: 1901
name published in year: 1887-1908
name published in year: 1842
name published in year: 1811
name published in year: 1878
name published in year: 1962
order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 391167
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (G. Perry, 1811)
specific epithet: greenlandica
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted