WoRMS name details
Apicularia Monterosato, 1884
594614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594614)
unaccepted
Genus
Rissoa similis Scacchi, 1836 (type by subsequent designation)
Rissoia (Apicularia) Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
- Subgenus Apicularia (Sfaxiella) F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
- Species Apicularia (Sfaxiella) sfaxiana F. Nordsieck, 1972 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Apicularia (Thapsiella) P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Alvania Risso, 1826
- Species Apicularia guerini (Recluz, 1843) accepted as Rissoa guerinii Récluz, 1843 (incorrect subsequent spelling and Apicularia relegated to the synonymy of Rissoa)
- Species Apicularia lia Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Rissoa lia (Monterosato, 1884)
- Species Apicularia scurra Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Rissoa scurra (Monterosato, 1917)
- Species Apicularia similis (Scacchi, 1836) accepted as Rissoa similis Scacchi, 1836
- Species Apicularia stricta F. Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Gibborissoia virgata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Apicularia sulzeriana (Risso, 1826) accepted as Rissoa variabilis (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Apicularia nitens Monterosato, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> [1] 3(3): 87–91 [December 1st, 1883]; [2] 3(4): 102-111 [January 1st, 1884]; [3] 3(5): 137-140 [February 1st, 1884]; [4] 3(6): 159-163 [March 1st, 1884]; [5] 3(8): 227-231 [May 1st, 1884]; [6] 3(10): 277-281 [July 1st, 1884]; [7] 4(1-2): 21-25 [October 1st, 1884]; [8] 4(3): 60-63 [December 1st, 1884]; [9] 4(4): 80-84 [January 1st, 1885]; [10] 4(8): 200-204 [May 1st, 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11564513
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Apicularia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594614 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> [1] 3(3): 87–91 [December 1st, 1883]; [2] 3(4): 102-111 [January 1st, 1884]; [3] 3(5): 137-140 [February 1st, 1884]; [4] 3(6): 159-163 [March 1st, 1884]; [5] 3(8): 227-231 [May 1st, 1884]; [6] 3(10): 277-281 [July 1st, 1884]; [7] 4(1-2): 21-25 [October 1st, 1884]; [8] 4(3): 60-63 [December 1st, 1884]; [9] 4(4): 80-84 [January 1st, 1885]; [10] 4(8): 200-204 [May 1st, 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11564513
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 56 [details]
subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type designation Type species Rissoa similis Scacchi, 1836, subsequent designation by Crosse, 1885 in book review [details]