WoRMS taxon details
Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
384821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384821)
accepted
Species
Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scaphella fulgetrum var. alba Verco, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum var. bicincta Verco, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum var. connectens Verco, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum var. lunulisligata Verco, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum var. punctisligata Verco, 2012 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum var. tricincta Verco, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella fulgetrum var. unicincta Verco, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Voluta fulgetrum var. dictua Verco, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Etymology fulgetrum is a Latin noun meaning "lightning", probably with reference to the angular colour stripes of the shell. It was...
Etymology fulgetrum is a Latin noun meaning "lightning", probably with reference to the angular colour stripes of the shell. It was used by Sowerby as a noun in apposition, and does not agree in gender with the genus it is combined with. Ericusa fulgetra is an incorrect spelling. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384821 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952) Cotton, B. C. (1953). Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca (Terebridae, Rissoinidae, Rissoidae, Fasciolariidae, Volutidae. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 75: 38-54, plates III-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41337418 [details]
original description (of Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. alba Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. bicincta Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. connectens Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 11, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. lunulisligata Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 11, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. tricincta Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. unicincta Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 12, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. punctisligata Verco, 2012) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Voluta fulgetrum var. dictua Verco, 1909) Verco J.C. (1909). Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species.- Part X. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 33: 270-276, pls 20-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35263158
page(s): 274, pl. 21 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Mattiske, I. & Hallan, A. (2024). A conchological iconography of living <i>Ericusa</i> H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (Neogastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 18: 5-77.
page(s): 8, pls 1-22, 54D-E [details]
original description (of Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. alba Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. bicincta Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. connectens Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 11, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. lunulisligata Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 11, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. tricincta Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. unicincta Verco, 1912) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224, pl. 12, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Scaphella fulgetrum var. punctisligata Verco, 2012) Verco, J. C. (1912). Shells from the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 36: 206-232, pls 10-14, 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42913608
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Voluta fulgetrum var. dictua Verco, 1909) Verco J.C. (1909). Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species.- Part X. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 33: 270-276, pls 20-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35263158
page(s): 274, pl. 21 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Mattiske, I. & Hallan, A. (2024). A conchological iconography of living <i>Ericusa</i> H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (Neogastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 18: 5-77.
page(s): 8, pls 1-22, 54D-E [details]
Other
additional source
Darragh, T. A. (1989). A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria.</em> 49(2): 195-307 ["1988"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39609758
page(s): 249 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 111 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 249 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 111 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology fulgetrum is a Latin noun meaning "lightning", probably with reference to the angular colour stripes of the shell. It was used by Sowerby as a noun in apposition, and does not agree in gender with the genus it is combined with. Ericusa fulgetra is an incorrect spelling. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Voluta fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Ericusa fulgetrum)
To Malacopics (Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsul...
To Malacopics (Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsul...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Ericusa fulgetrum)
To Malacopics (Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsul...
To Malacopics (Ericusa fulgetrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsul...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ericusa orca Cotton, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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