BeRMS taxon details
Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
140048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140048)
accepted
Species
Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 179 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140048 on 2026-07-11
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140048 on 2026-07-11
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(of Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 179 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012], available online at http://www.zora.uzh.ch/61152/1/12_Zootaxa.pdf
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 63, pl. XII, fig. 2-9 [details]
additional source Moerdijk, P. (2025). <i>Pycnodonte navicularis</i> (Brocchi, 1814) versus <i>Neopycnodonte cochlear</i> (Poli, 1795): een reactie. <em>Spirula.</em> 443: 26-27.
page(s): 26-27, figs 6-10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Freneix, S. (1975). Au sujet de phylum <i>Neopycnodonte navicularis</i> - <i>Neopycnodonte cochlear</i>. VIth Congress regional committee on Mediterranean Neogene stratigraphy, Bratislava. 443-449. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 308-309 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012], available online at http://www.zora.uzh.ch/61152/1/12_Zootaxa.pdf
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 63, pl. XII, fig. 2-9 [details]
additional source Moerdijk, P. (2025). <i>Pycnodonte navicularis</i> (Brocchi, 1814) versus <i>Neopycnodonte cochlear</i> (Poli, 1795): een reactie. <em>Spirula.</em> 443: 26-27.
page(s): 26-27, figs 6-10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Freneix, S. (1975). Au sujet de phylum <i>Neopycnodonte navicularis</i> - <i>Neopycnodonte cochlear</i>. VIth Congress regional committee on Mediterranean Neogene stratigraphy, Bratislava. 443-449. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 308-309 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | lepeloester | [details] |
| Japanese | ベッコウガキ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κουτάλι | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications) (from synonym Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neopycnodonte cochlear)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Estepona, in harbour,...
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Casas de las Sa...
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli,1795) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications) (from synonym Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neopycnodonte cochlear)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk)
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Estepona, in harbour,...
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Casas de las Sa...
To Malacopics (Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli,1795) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea cochlear Poli, 1795)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
