WoRMS name details
Sassia parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811)
476575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:476575)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Austrotriton parkinsonius (G. Perry, 1811) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Austrotriton parkinsonius basilicus Iredale, 1924 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Septa parkinsonia G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Triton fusiformis Kiener, 1842 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Septa parkinsonia G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl 14 [details]
page(s): pl 14 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sassia parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476575 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Septa parkinsonia G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl 14 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers. comm. [details]
page(s): pl 14 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers. comm. [details]
Other
additional source
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Perry (1811) named this species in honour of Mr James Parkinson. Thus, the spelling of the specific epithet should be parkinsoni, not parkinsonia. However, the current (fourth) edition of the ICZN Code is ambiguous on whether or not the original spelling must be corrected in cases such as this. Sassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811) is in prevailing usage for this New Zealand snail and an emendation would cause instability. [details]
