WoRMS taxon details
Boreocingula castanea (Møller, 1842)
141265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141265)
accepted
Species
Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted
Cingula (Onoba) castanea (Möller, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cingula castanea (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted
Onoba castanea (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted
Rissoa (Cingula) castanea Möller, 1842 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa (Onoba) castanea Möller, 1842 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa castanea Møller, 1842 · unaccepted
Rissoa castanea var. minor Posselt, 1898 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rissoa castanea Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 82 [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
Note Western Greenland, probably near Godthaab (now...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Greenland, probably near Godthaab (now Nuuk), on gravel and pebbles, 27–109 m [details]
Distribution Range: 76.62°N to 60°N; 96.4°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada:...
Distribution Range: 76.62°N to 60°N; 96.4°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Boreocingula castanea (Møller, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141265 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rissoa castanea Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Rissoa castanea var. minor Posselt, 1898) Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35685242
page(s): 223 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Rissoa castanea var. minor Posselt, 1898) Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35685242
page(s): 223 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Nekhaev, I. O. (2019). Taxonomic review of the genus Boreocingula (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Arctic and cold temperate waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 42(5): 889-905., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02481-9 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Nekhaev, I. O. (2019). Taxonomic review of the genus Boreocingula (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Arctic and cold temperate waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 42(5): 889-905., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02481-9 [details] Available for editors

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]





From editor or global species database
Distribution Range: 76.62°N to 60°N; 96.4°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay. [details]Type locality Western Greenland, probably near Godthaab (now Nuuk), on gravel and pebbles, 27–109 m [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Cingula castanea (Møller, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To Malacopics (Boreocingula castanea (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa castanea Møller, 1842)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 017632.GP) (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To Malacopics (Boreocingula castanea (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa castanea Møller, 1842)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 017632.GP) (from synonym Alvania castanea (Møller, 1842))
To ITIS
Unreviewed