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MSBIAS taxon details

Otina ovata (T. Brown, 1827)

AphiaID

140661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140661)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Otina Gray, 1847

Original name

Galericulum ovatum T. Brown, 1827

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38, fig. 27-28 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Otina ovata (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140661 on 2025-05-11

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Otina ovata (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140661 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2017-06-26 13:24:29Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

2017-09-26 03:45:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38, fig. 27-28 [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]