WoRMS taxon details
Xandarovula aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
478339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478339)
accepted
Species
Ovula birostris (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu Tryon, 1885 · unaccepted
Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 · unaccepted (original combination)
Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2(9): 467-484, pl. 99-101. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936835
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy - Western Mediterranean
type locality contained in Italy - Western Mediterranean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xandarovula aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478339 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2(9): 467-484, pl. 99-101. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936835
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
basis of record Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf [details]
basis of record Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of <i>Xandarovula aetheria</i> n. sp. <em>Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta.</em> 1(1): 37-66.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
basis of record Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf [details]
basis of record Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of <i>Xandarovula aetheria</i> n. sp. <em>Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta.</em> 1(1): 37-66.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Fehse D. 2006. Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XIV. A further new <i>Triviella</i> Jousseaume, 1884 from South Africa. (Mollusca: Gastropoda).<i>Spixiana</i>, 29(3): 229-233, available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Spixiana_029_0229-0233.pdf
note: type locality designated as Alghero, Sardinia [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
note: type locality designated as Alghero, Sardinia [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
To Malacopics (Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Greece, Kriti, Lasithi, Agios Nikolaos, on C... (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
To PESI (from synonym Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
To Malacopics (Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Greece, Kriti, Lasithi, Agios Nikolaos, on C... (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
To PESI (from synonym Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849))
