MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aptyxis Troschel, 1868

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Aptyxis Troschel, 1868

Fusinus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among seagrass Cymodocea nodosa, 28.05.2009), actual size 40 mm and 12 mm.

AphiaID

445979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445979)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Murex syracusanus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aptyxis syracusana (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Fusininae Wrigley, 1927

Original name

Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868

Synonymised names

Aptysis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of Aptyxis Troschel,...)

misspelling of Aptyxis Troschel, 1868

Fusus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868 · unaccepted

Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868 · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Aptyxis boettgeri (Maltzan, 1884)
Species Aptyxis syracusana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aptyxis luteopicta (Dall, 1877) accepted as Hesperaptyxis luteopictus (Dall, 1877)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: Nautilus 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 2: 61, 64 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aptyxis Troschel, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445979 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-29 13:46:33Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-07 09:43:07Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-09 09:18:48Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2013-09-24 14:12:13Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2016-01-25 09:21:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-11-03 06:45:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: Nautilus 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 2: 61, 64 [details]

additional source Russo P. (2016). On the grammatical gender of Aptyxis Troschel, 1884 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 52: 76. [details]

status source Russo P. (2015). On the systematic position of Murex syracusanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae) with revaluation of the genus Aptyxis. Bollettino Malacologico. 51(2): 79-86. [details]

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Grammatical gender feminine, from Greek πτύξις a fold [details]

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