WoRMS name details
Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891
205170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205170)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Scutella crenulata Broderip, 1834 accepted as Plesiothyreus cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831) (type by typification of replaced name)
Pileopsis (Scutellina) · unaccepted
- Species Phenacolepas aculeata (Pease, 1868) accepted as Plesiothyreus aculeatus (Pease, 1868)
- Species Phenacolepas arabica Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus arabicus (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas asperulata (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Phenacolepas galathea (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Zacalantica galathea (Lamarck, 1819) (based on nomen nudum)
- Species Phenacolepas brocki Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus brocki (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas cancellata (Pease, 1861) accepted as Plesiothyreus cancellatus (Pease, 1861)
- Species Phenacolepas cinnamomea (A. Gould, 1846) accepted as Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus (A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Phenacolepas compressa (Pease, 1868) accepted as Plesiothyreus compressus (Pease, 1868)
- Species Phenacolepas crenulata (Broderip, 1834) accepted as Plesiothyreus cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831)
- Species Phenacolepas cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831) accepted as Plesiothyreus cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831)
- Species Phenacolepas elongata Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus elongatus (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas evansi H. E. J. Biggs, 1973 accepted as Plesiothyreus evansi (H. E. J. Biggs, 1973) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phenacolepas fischeri (Rochebrune, 1882) accepted as Plesiothyreus fischeri (Rochebrune, 1882)
- Species Phenacolepas galathea (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Zacalantica galathea (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Phenacolepas granocostata (Pease, 1868) accepted as Plesiothyreus granocostatus (Pease, 1868)
- Species Phenacolepas granulosa Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus granulosus (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas guttata Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus guttatus (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857) accepted as Plesiothyreus hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857)
- Species Phenacolepas immerita (Iredale, 1929) accepted as Zacalantica laevicostalis (Thiele, 1909)
- Species Phenacolepas indica Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus indicus (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas laevicostalis Thiele, 1909 accepted as Zacalantica laevicostalis (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas linguaviverrae Melvill & Standen, 1899 accepted as Zacalantica linguaviverrae (Melvill & Standen, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phenacolepas magdalena Dall, 1918 accepted as Phenacolepas malonei Vanatta, 1912 accepted as Plesiothyreus malonei (Vanatta, 1912) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Phenacolepas malonei Vanatta, 1912 accepted as Plesiothyreus malonei (Vanatta, 1912) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas mirabilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1910 accepted as Phenacolepas cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831) accepted as Plesiothyreus cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831) (junior synonym)
- Species Phenacolepas nakamigawai Is. Taki, 1954 accepted as Hyalopatina nakamigawai (Is. Taki, 1954) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas nobilis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) accepted as Plesiothyreus cytherae (R. P. Lesson, 1831)
- Species Phenacolepas omanensis H. E. J. Biggs, 1973 accepted as Plesiothyreus omanensis (H. E. J. Biggs, 1973) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phenacolepas osculans (C. B. Adams, 1852) accepted as Plesiothyreus osculans (C. B. Adams, 1852)
- Species Phenacolepas pararabica Christiaens, 1988 accepted as Plesiothyreus pararabicus (Christiaens, 1988) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas peelae (Christiaens, 1989) accepted as Plesiothyreus peelae Christiaens, 1989
- Species Phenacolepas planata Habe, 1961 accepted as Hyalopatina planata (Habe, 1961) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas pulchella (Lischke, 1871) accepted as Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus (A. Gould, 1846) (junior synonym)
- Species Phenacolepas puntarenae (Mörch, 1860) accepted as Plesiothyreus puntarenae (Mörch, 1860)
- Species Phenacolepas radiata Schepman, 1908 accepted as Plesiothyreus radiatus (Schepman, 1908)
- Species Phenacolepas reticulata Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plesiothyreus reticulatus (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas rushii (Dall, 1889) accepted as Hyalopatina rushii (Dall, 1889)
- Species Phenacolepas sagittifer (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Zacalantica sagittifer (A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Phenacolepas scobinata (A. Gould, 1859) accepted as Zacalantica scobinata (A. Gould, 1859) accepted as Plesiothyreus scobinatus (A. Gould, 1859) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Phenacolepas senta Hedley, 1899 accepted as Zacalantica senta (Hedley, 1899) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas tenuisculpta Thiele, 1909 accepted as Zacalantica tenuisculpta (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Phenacolepas unguiformis (A. Gould, 1859) accepted as Zacalantica unguiformis (A. Gould, 1859) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Phenacolepas alboradiata (Verco, 1906) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Phenacolepas calva (Verco, 1906) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pilsbry, H. A. (1891). On the use of the generic name <i>Scutellina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(8): 88-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788884
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205170 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Pilsbry, H. A. (1891). On the use of the generic name <i>Scutellina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(8): 88-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788884
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Christiaens, J. (1989). The Phenacolepadidae Gastropoda: Neritoidea Part 2. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 28(2–3): 17–48.
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additional source
Thiele J. (1909). Cocculinoidea und die Gattungen <i>Phenacolepas</i> und <i>Titiscania</i>. <i>Martini & Chemnitz, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 2nd ed 11A (539)</i>: 1-48, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52488188 [details]
additional source Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 636-655., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly078 [details]
additional source Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 636-655., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly078 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Some confusion seems to exist over the spelling: sometimes spelled as Phenecolepas [details]
