MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Glossus Poli, 1795

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Glossus Poli, 1795

Glossus humanus

AphiaID

138034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138034)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Glossus rubicundus Poli, 1795 accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Glossidae Gray, 1847 (1840)

Original name

Glossus Poli, 1795

Synonymised names

Bucardia Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)

Buccardium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)

Isocardia Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Isocardia (Isocardia) Lamarck, 1799 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Glossus (Meiocardia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Species Glossus cor (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Glossus lamarckii (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Meiocardia moltkiana (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Glossus rubicundus Poli, 1795 accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Glossus vulgaris (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glossus Poli, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138034 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-10-30 14:47:18Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644 [details]

original description (of Buccardium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 52 [details]

original description (of Bucardia Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

original description (of Isocardia Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 86 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Nicol D. (1951). Recent species of the cyrenoid pelecypod Glossus. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 41(4): 142-146. [details]