Marine Species Traits - Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865

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Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865

Moelleria costulata

AphiaID

138606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138606)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Margarita costulata Møller, 1842 accepted as Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842) (type by original designation)

Parent

Moelleriinae Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990

Original name

Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865

Synonymised names

Molleria Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

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Species Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842)
Species Moelleria jansseni D. F. Hoeksema, Rijken & Simons, 2020 †
Species Moelleria drusiana Dall, 1919 accepted as Spiromoelleria quadrae (Dall, 1897)
Species Moelleria laevigata Friele, 1876 accepted as Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876) (synonym)
Species Moelleria quadrae Dall, 1896 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Moelleria quadrae Dall, 1897 accepted as Spiromoelleria quadrae (Dall, 1897) (original combination)
Species Moelleria duplinensis Dall, 1892 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine

Original description

Jeffreys J.G. (1865). British conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas, vol. 3. Marine shells, comprising the remaining Conchifera, the Solenoconchia, and Gastropoda as far as Littorina. Van Voorst, London. 394 pp., pls 1-8. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16353591
page(s): 292; note: original spelling Mölleria [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138606 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-02-02 11:06:43Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-02-12 14:52:34Z

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Herbert, David

2021-01-06 09:07:30Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Jeffreys J.G. (1865). British conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas, vol. 3. Marine shells, comprising the remaining Conchifera, the Solenoconchia, and Gastropoda as far as Littorina. Van Voorst, London. 394 pp., pls 1-8. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16353591
page(s): 292; note: original spelling Mölleria [details]

additional source Baxter, R. & McLean, J.H. (1984). The genera Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865, and Spiromoelleria gen. nov. in the North Pacific, with description of a new species of Spiromoelleria (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). The Veliger. 27(2): 219-226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42481267 [details]

additional source Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 372 pp.
page(s): 21 [details]