Marine Species Traits - Stephopoma Mörch, 1860

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Stephopoma Mörch, 1860

AphiaID

224610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224610)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Vermetus roseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 accepted as Stephopoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Siliquariidae Anton, 1838

Original name

Stephopoma Mörch, 1860

Synonymised names

Lilax Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted

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Species Stephopoma abrolhosense Bieler, 1997
Species Stephopoma actinotum (Tate, 1893) †
Species Stephopoma asper (Tate, 1893) †
Species Stephopoma conohelix (Tenison Woods, 1877) †
Species Stephopoma cratericulum (Tate, 1893) †
Species Stephopoma fossile Lozouet, 1998 †
Species Stephopoma lacunosum (Barnard, 1963)
Species Stephopoma levispinosum Bieler, 1997
Species Stephopoma mamillatum J. E. Morton & Keen, 1960
Species Stephopoma myrakeenae Olsson & McGinty, 1958
Species Stephopoma nucleogranosum Verco, 1904
Species Stephopoma pennatum Mörch, 1860
Species Stephopoma quincunx (Barnard, 1963)
Species Stephopoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Stephopoma tricuspe Mörch, 1861
Species Stephopoma mammillatum J. E. Morton & Keen, 1960 accepted as Stephopoma mamillatum J. E. Morton & Keen, 1960 (misspelling)
Species Stephopoma nucleocostata [sic] accepted as Stephopoma nucleocostatum May, 1915 accepted as Dendropoma nucleocostatum (May, 1915) (incorrect gender ending)
Species Stephopoma nucleocostatum May, 1915 accepted as Dendropoma nucleocostatum (May, 1915)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Étude sur la famille des vermets (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie. 8: 27–48. [January 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863460
page(s): 42 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stephopoma Mörch, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224610 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-16 07:42:42Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2012-02-10 22:44:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-10-24 16:07:37Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2013-07-02 15:58:45Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2018-04-11 16:18:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Étude sur la famille des vermets (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie. 8: 27–48. [January 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863460
page(s): 42 [details]

original description (of Lilax Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): 387 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors

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