MolluscaBase - Atalacmea fragilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)

WoRMS taxon details

Atalacmea fragilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4994)

AphiaID

456583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456583)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Atalacmea Iredale, 1915

Original name

Patella fragilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

Synonymised names

Patella fragilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Patella solandri Colenso, 1844 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Patella unguisalmae R. P. Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Patella fragilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): pl. 140, fig. 6 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Atalacmea fragilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456583 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-11 15:13:21Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2014-05-06 19:52:38Z

checked

Marshall, Bruce

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-02-16 19:48:13Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-10-28 23:03:51Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Patella unguisalmae R. P. Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot. link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 420 [details]

original description (of Patella fragilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): pl. 140, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Patella solandri Colenso, 1844) Colenso, W. (1844). Memoranda of an excursion made in the northern island of New Zealand in the summer of 1841–2; intended as a contribution towards the ascertaining of the natural productions of the New Zealand groupe: with particular reference to their botany. The Examiner, Launceton. Subsequently reprinted in Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, &c. 2: 210–234 [1846], 241–308 [1845].
page(s): 226 [details]

basis of record Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957 [details]

additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]