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Pirena Lamarck, 1816
738536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738536)
accepted
Genus
Pirena madagascariensis Lamarck, 1816 (type by monotypy)
Madagasikara Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania (Pirena) Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
- Species Pirena bicarinata (Grateloup, 1840)
- Species Pirena johnsoni (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Species Pirena madagascariensis Lamarck, 1816
- Species Pirena vazimba (Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010)
- Species Pirena vivipara (Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010)
- Species Pirena zazavavindrano (Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010)
- Subgenus Pirena (Pseudobellardia) L. R. Cox, 1931 † accepted as Pseudobellardia L. R. Cox, 1931 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Pirena acus R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pirena atra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (suspected synonym)
- Species Pirena cantori Reeve, 1859 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (suspected synonym)
- Species Pirena debeauxiana Crosse, 1862 accepted as Pirena bicarinata (Grateloup, 1840) (junior synonym)
- Species Pirena fornensis Zittel, 1863 † accepted as Faunus fornensis (Zittel, 1863) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pirena nana Reeve, 1860 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (suspected synonym)
- Species Pirena pagodus Reeve, 1859 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (suspected synonym)
- Species Pirena picta Reeve, 1859 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (suspected synonym)
- Species Pirena plicata Reeve, 1859 accepted as Doryssa plicata (Reeve, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pirena scalariformis Say, 1825 accepted as Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pirena spinosa Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Pirena madagascariensis Lamarck, 1816 (unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Pirena terebralis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pirena linguata Reeve, 1859 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, status in recent literature not researched by editor)
- Species Pirena maura Reeve, 1859 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, status in recent literature not researched by editor)
- Species Pirena nitida von dem Busch, 1858 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent literature currently undocumented)
- Species Pirena sinuosa R. A. Philippi, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
feminine
Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 12, legend for pl. 458, fig. 2a-b [details]
page(s): 12, legend for pl. 458, fig. 2a-b [details]
Nomenclature The name Pirena has for a long time been credited to Lamarck, 1822 [Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 6(2):...
Nomenclature The name Pirena has for a long time been credited to Lamarck, 1822 [Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 6(2): 169], with Pirena terebralis Lamarck, 1822 [substitute name for Strombus ater Linnaeus, 1758], by SD, Children, 1823 [Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, 15: 244], which made Pirena a synonym of Faunus. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pirena Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738536 on 2025-04-04
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Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 12, legend for pl. 458, fig. 2a-b [details]
original description (of Madagasikara Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010) Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2010). Uncovering an overlooked radiation: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Madagascar's endemic river snails (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae: Madagasikara gen. nov.). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 99(4): 867-894., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01390.x
page(s): 871 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Evenhuis, N. L. (2003). Dating and publication of the Encylopédie Méthodique (1782-1832), with special reference to the parts of the Histoire Naturelle and details on the Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 166: 1-48., available online at http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/documents/Evenhuis,_2003a.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Evenhuis, N. L.; Petit, R. E. (2003). Corrections and additions to the dating of the “Histoire Naturelle des Vers” and the Tableau Encyclopédie (Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers) portions of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 207(1): 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.207.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 169 [details]
page(s): 12, legend for pl. 458, fig. 2a-b [details]
original description (of Madagasikara Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010) Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2010). Uncovering an overlooked radiation: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Madagascar's endemic river snails (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae: Madagasikara gen. nov.). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 99(4): 867-894., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01390.x
page(s): 871 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Evenhuis, N. L. (2003). Dating and publication of the Encylopédie Méthodique (1782-1832), with special reference to the parts of the Histoire Naturelle and details on the Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 166: 1-48., available online at http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/documents/Evenhuis,_2003a.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Evenhuis, N. L.; Petit, R. E. (2003). Corrections and additions to the dating of the “Histoire Naturelle des Vers” and the Tableau Encyclopédie (Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers) portions of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 207(1): 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.207.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 169 [details]
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Nomenclature The name Pirena has for a long time been credited to Lamarck, 1822 [Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 6(2): 169], with Pirena terebralis Lamarck, 1822 [substitute name for Strombus ater Linnaeus, 1758], by SD, Children, 1823 [Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, 15: 244], which made Pirena a synonym of Faunus. [details]
