MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cythara attenuata (Montagu, 1803)

ERMS name details

Cythara attenuata (Montagu, 1803)

AphiaID

246003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246003)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Mangelia attenuata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Villiersiella attenuata (Montagu, 1803)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cythara Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803

Environment

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

Original description

(of Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 265 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cythara attenuata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246003 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cythara attenuata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246003 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-08-29 07:13:38Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-10 12:28:10Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2023-01-13 21:48:37Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 265 [details]

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database
North Atlantic Ocean

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI