Marine Species Traits - Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831

Traits name details

Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831

AphiaID

479738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479738)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Dalyellia Fleming, 1822

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dalyelliidae Graff, 1905

Synonymised names

Vertex · alternative representation (Alternative spelling of Vortex...)

Alternative spelling of Vortex used in two 19th-century publications

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Species Vortex cruciatus Fabricius, 1826 (nomen oblitum)
Species Vortex emarginatus (Paula-Schrank, 1803) Diesing, 1850 accepted as Vortex truncatus (Abildgaard, 1879) Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Jensenia truncata (Abildgaard, 1879) Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
Species Vortex marginatus (Leidy, 1847) Diesing, 1850 accepted as Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) marginata (Leidy, 1847) Hyman, 1951 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) pinguis (Silliman, 1884) Fuhrmann, 1900
Species Vortex pictus Schmidt, 1848 accepted as Dalyellia picta (Schmidt, 1848) Graff, 1905 accepted as Microdalyellia picta (Schmidt, 1848) Gieysztor, 1938
Species Vortex quadrioculatus Vejdovsky, 1895 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) quadrioculata (Vejdovsky, 1895) Fuhrmann, 1900 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
Species Vortex truncatus (Abildgaard, 1879) Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Jensenia truncata (Abildgaard, 1879) Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479738 on 2026-09-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479738 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-17 11:49:55Z

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Tyler, Seth

2021-10-17 07:13:27Z

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Artois, Tom

2021-10-22 11:03:26Z

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Artois, Tom

2022-03-16 12:18:01Z

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Artois, Tom

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original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135 [details]

source of synonymy Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 102 [details]

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