MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939

ERMS taxon details

Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939

Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939
Shell from Benzú, strait of Gibraltar (size 11.5 mm)

AphiaID

139962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139962)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Emarginula Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939

Synonymised names

Emarginula cristata Coen, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)

Emarginula elongata O. G. Costa, 1829 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Emarginula elongata Defrance, 1819, and E. elongata Gray, 1825

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10): 69-72, 1 pl. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from S. Spain to Morocco; Mediterranean (from nearshore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe seamount (rare in 70-180) m.

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from S. Spain to Morocco; Mediterranean (from nearshore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe seamount (rare in 70-180) m. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139962 on 2025-04-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139962 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-02-10 17:34:53Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10): 69-72, 1 pl. [details]

original description (of Emarginula elongata O. G. Costa, 1829) Costa O.G. (1829). Osservazioni Zoologiche intorno ai testacei dell'Isola di Pantelleria. Napoli, Tipografia della Minerva 12 pp.
page(s): 10 [details]

original description (of Emarginula cristata Coen, 1939) Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10): 69-72, 1 pl. [details]

additional source Piani P. (1985). Revisione del genere Emarginula Lamarck, 1801 in Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 193-238 [dated 1984 on front page], available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Lavosi%20SIM/LavoriSIM_1985/Lavori%20SIM%201984%20193-238%20-%20Piani,%20Revisione%20del%20genere%20Emarginula.pdf [details]

additional source Landau B.M., Van Dingenen F. & Ceulemans L. (2017). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 1. Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 17(2): 75-166. [details] Available for editors

additional source Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18 (2): 177-368.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors

additional source Sacchetti, C., Landau, B. & Ávila, S. P. (2023). The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications. Zootaxa. 5295(1): 1-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1
page(s): 24, pl. 1 figs B1-B2 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
From regional or thematic species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]

From editor or global species database

Biology Type of larval development: short planktonic, non-planktotrophic [details]

Diagnosis Shell 10-12 mm long, with oval-elongate contour and moderately elevated profile, apex close to posterior margin, moderately coiled and not overhanging. Sculpture of high, strong radial costae, some smaller radial costae intercalated on the sides, and comarginal lamellae forming a very coarse lattice with the costae. Slit broad and rectangular, extending over 1/5 of the distance to apex. Colour white. [details]

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from S. Spain to Morocco; Mediterranean (from nearshore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe seamount (rare in 70-180) m. [details]

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