WoRMS taxon details
Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
445486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445486)
accepted
Species
Bembicium nodulosum A. Musgrave, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Littorina imbricata Gray, 1839 · unaccepted
Risella kielmannsegi Zelebor, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochus cicatricosus Jonas, 1843 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 3: 276-277, pl. 62, figs 15-19 [details]
page(s): 3: 276-277, pl. 62, figs 15-19 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445486 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Littorina imbricata Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 [details]
original description (of Bembicium nodulosum A. Musgrave, 1929) Musgrave, A. (1929). Life in a mangrove swamp. <em>Australian Museum Magazine.</em> 3: 341-347. [details]
original description (of Trochus cicatricosus Jonas, 1843) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Vol. 1, 65, pl. Trochus 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 3: 276-277, pl. 62, figs 15-19 [details]
original description (of Risella kielmannsegi Zelebor, 1866) Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 909-916., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26724138
page(s): 913 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1988). The genera <i>Bembicium</i> and <i>Risellopsis</i> (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40: 91-150., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/reid-1988-rec-aust-mus-402-91150/ [details]
original description (of Bembicium nodulosum A. Musgrave, 1929) Musgrave, A. (1929). Life in a mangrove swamp. <em>Australian Museum Magazine.</em> 3: 341-347. [details]
original description (of Trochus cicatricosus Jonas, 1843) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Vol. 1, 65, pl. Trochus 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 3: 276-277, pl. 62, figs 15-19 [details]
original description (of Risella kielmannsegi Zelebor, 1866) Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 909-916., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26724138
page(s): 913 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1988). The genera <i>Bembicium</i> and <i>Risellopsis</i> (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40: 91-150., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/reid-1988-rec-aust-mus-402-91150/ [details]
Other
additional source
Beu, A. G. (2004). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. <em>i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i.</em> 34(2): 111-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9517766 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Cummins, D.; Duong, H.; Kennington, W. J.; Johnson, M. S. (2022). Phylogenetic evidence of the re-evolution of planktotrophy in Australian periwinkles. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 136(4): 574-585., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac057 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
[request]additional source Cummins, D.; Duong, H.; Kennington, W. J.; Johnson, M. S. (2022). Phylogenetic evidence of the re-evolution of planktotrophy in Australian periwinkles. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 136(4): 574-585., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac057 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembicium auratum)
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Australia, New South Wales, Bayview .)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5716) (from synonym Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembicium auratum)
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Australia, New South Wales, Bayview .)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5716) (from synonym Trochus auratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
