MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

ERMS name details

Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

AphiaID

224926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224926)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Original name

Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 33-34; pl. 4 fig. 6-6a [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224926 on 2025-05-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224926 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2007-04-19 20:17:36Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2011-10-29 11:23:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-01-03 15:27:28Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (2)

original description (of Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 33-34; pl. 4 fig. 6-6a [details]

context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Spain