WoRMS taxon details
Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792)
141139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141139)
accepted
Species
Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted (original combination)
Rhizorus acuminatus (Bruguière, 1792) · unaccepted
Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Volvula cylindrica Carpenter, 1863; V. smithii is a replacement name
Volvula smithii Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Volvulella acuminata tokunagai Makiyama, 1927 accepted as Volvulella tokunagai (Makiyama, 1927)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
Taxonomy Volvulella versus Rhizorus: Unfortunately many shelled opisthobranchs have been named on the basis of their shells alone,...
Taxonomy Volvulella versus Rhizorus: Unfortunately many shelled opisthobranchs have been named on the basis of their shells alone, and this is a case in point. For the last 100 years there has been an on-going debate, unhappily still unresolved, over the names Volvulella Newton, 1891 [type species Bulla acuminata Bruguiere, 1792] and Rhizorus Montfort, 1810 [type species R. adelaidis Montfort, 1810] and whether they are synonyms. The shells certainly look the same but as they were described only on the shell it is very difficult. On top of that, Mediterranean and North American workers seem to prefer Volvulella while workers on the European North Atlantic and Australian - New Zealand regions have opted for Rhizorus.(note posted June 30, 2008 by W.B. Rudman in the Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141139 on 2024-04-18
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original description
(of Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872) Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): 738, pl. 75 fig. 29 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (<i>fine</i>). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 89-176.
page(s): 123, pl. 7 fig. 10 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872) Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): 738, pl. 75 fig. 29 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (<i>fine</i>). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 89-176.
page(s): 123, pl. 7 fig. 10 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Volvulella versus Rhizorus: Unfortunately many shelled opisthobranchs have been named on the basis of their shells alone, and this is a case in point. For the last 100 years there has been an on-going debate, unhappily still unresolved, over the names Volvulella Newton, 1891 [type species Bulla acuminata Bruguiere, 1792] and Rhizorus Montfort, 1810 [type species R. adelaidis Montfort, 1810] and whether they are synonyms. The shells certainly look the same but as they were described only on the shell it is very difficult. On top of that, Mediterranean and North American workers seem to prefer Volvulella while workers on the European North Atlantic and Australian - New Zealand regions have opted for Rhizorus.(note posted June 30, 2008 by W.B. Rudman in the Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney) [details]From other sources
Spelling Volvulella acuminatus in ITIS database [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhizorus acuminatus (Bruguière, 1792))
To Dyntaxa
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Rhizorus acuminatus (Bruguière, 1792))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Volvula smithii Pilsbry, 1893)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhizorus acuminatus (Bruguière, 1792))
To Dyntaxa
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Rhizorus acuminatus (Bruguière, 1792))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla acuminata Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Volvula cylindrica E. A. Smith, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Volvula smithii Pilsbry, 1893)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To ITIS
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