Marine Species Traits - Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898

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Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898

AphiaID

995313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995313)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Vertigo (Staurodon) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pupa calamitosa Pilsbry, 1889 accepted as Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) accepted as Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Vertigininae Fitzinger, 1833

Original name

Pupa (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898

Synonymised names

Pupa (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Subgenus Sterkia (Metasterkia) Pilsbry, 1920 accepted as Vertigo (Staurodon) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Sterkia (Metasterkia) antillensis Pilsbry, 1920 accepted as Vertigo antillensis (Pilsbry, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Sterkia (Metasterkia) bakeri Pilsbry, 1921 accepted as Vertigo bakeri (Pilsbry, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
3. Species Sterkia (Metasterkia) clementina (Sterki, 1890) accepted as Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Species Sterkia (Metasterkia) eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) accepted as Vertigo eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Sterkia (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898 accepted as Vertigo (Staurodon) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Sterkia (Sterkia) calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) accepted as Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Sterkia (Sterkia) hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) accepted as Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920 accepted as Vertigo antillensis (Pilsbry, 1920)
Species Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921 accepted as Vertigo bakeri (Pilsbry, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) accepted as Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) accepted as Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) accepted as Vertigo eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Sterkia gittenbergeri Hausdorf, 2008 accepted as Vertigo gittenbergeri (Hausdorf, 2008) (original combination)
Species Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) accepted as Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Pupa (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898) Pilsbry, H. A. (1898). A classified catalogue of American land shells, with localities. The Nautilus. 11(10): 117-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774687
page(s): 119 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995313 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

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Bank, Ruud

2020-04-07 08:25:51Z

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Neubert, Eike

2021-03-31 09:17:24Z

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Köhler, Frank

2021-06-15 23:57:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-02-13 04:40:14Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-02-11 18:06:13Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (4)
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original description (of Pupa (Sterkia) Pilsbry, 1898) Pilsbry, H. A. (1898). A classified catalogue of American land shells, with localities. The Nautilus. 11(10): 117-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774687
page(s): 119 [details]

additional source Espinosa, J. & Ortea, J. (1999). Moluscos terrestres del archipiélago cubano. Avicennia. suppl. 2: 1-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341104
page(s): 64 [details]

additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 156; note: treated as valid [details]

source of synonymy Nekola, J.C.; Chiba, S.; Coles, B.F.; Drost, C.A.; Proschwitz, T. von; Horsák, M. (2018). A phylogenetic overview of the genus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae: Vertigininae). Malacologia. 62(1): 21–161.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors

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