WoRMS taxon details
Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834)
491018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491018)
accepted
Species
Buccinum tafon Deshayes, 1844 · unaccepted
Buccinum viverratum Kiener, 1834 · unaccepted
Cantharus variegatus (Gray, 1839) · unaccepted
Cantharus viverratus (Kiener, 1834) · unaccepted
Murex sulcatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex sulcatus Born, 1778
Pisania variegata (J. E. Gray, 1839) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pollia variegata J. E. Gray, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Buccinum viverratum Kiener, 1834) Kiener L.C. (1834-1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 9. Famille des Purpurifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Colombelle, <i>(Columbella</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-63, pl. 1-16 [pp. 1-63 (1841); pl. 2-4, 6, 8, 11 (1840), 1, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16 (1841)]; Buccin (<i>Buccinum</i>), Adanson, pp. 1-112 + table with duplicate page numbers 105-108, pl. 1-31 [pp. 1-64 (1834), 65-104 and 105-108 of table (1835), 105-112 of text (1841); pl. 1-24 (1834), 25-29 (1835), 30-31 (1841); Eburne (<i>Eburna</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-3 [all (1835)]; Struthiolaire (<i>Struthiolaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-6, pl. 1-2 [pp]. 1-6 (1838); pl. 1-2 (1837)]; Vis (<i>Terebra</i>, Bruguière, pp. 1-42 + table, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-42 (1838); pl. 1-14 (1837)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19855 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491018 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum viverratum Kiener, 1834) Kiener L.C. (1834-1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 9. Famille des Purpurifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Colombelle, <i>(Columbella</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-63, pl. 1-16 [pp. 1-63 (1841); pl. 2-4, 6, 8, 11 (1840), 1, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16 (1841)]; Buccin (<i>Buccinum</i>), Adanson, pp. 1-112 + table with duplicate page numbers 105-108, pl. 1-31 [pp. 1-64 (1834), 65-104 and 105-108 of table (1835), 105-112 of text (1841); pl. 1-24 (1834), 25-29 (1835), 30-31 (1841); Eburne (<i>Eburna</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-3 [all (1835)]; Struthiolaire (<i>Struthiolaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-6, pl. 1-2 [pp]. 1-6 (1838); pl. 1-2 (1837)]; Vis (<i>Terebra</i>, Bruguière, pp. 1-42 + table, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-42 (1838); pl. 1-14 (1837)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19855 [details]
original description (of Buccinum tafon Deshayes, 1844) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1844). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome dixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 638 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64020
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Murex sulcatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3549; note: based on "Le Tafon" of Adanson (1757). [details]
original description (of Pollia variegata J. E. 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
page(s): 112 [details]
basis of record Vermeij, G.J. (2006). The <i>Cantharus</i> group of pisaniine buccinid gastropods: review of the Oligocene to Recent genera and description of some new species of <i>Gemophos</i> and <i>Hesperisternia</i>. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 4(1): 71-96. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Buccinum tafon Deshayes, 1844) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1844). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome dixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 638 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64020
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Murex sulcatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3549; note: based on "Le Tafon" of Adanson (1757). [details]
original description (of Pollia variegata J. E. 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
page(s): 112 [details]
basis of record Vermeij, G.J. (2006). The <i>Cantharus</i> group of pisaniine buccinid gastropods: review of the Oligocene to Recent genera and description of some new species of <i>Gemophos</i> and <i>Hesperisternia</i>. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 4(1): 71-96. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cantharus viverratus (Kiener, 1834))
To Conchology (Gemophos viverratus ORANGE)
To Conchology (Gemophos viverratus)
To Malacopics (Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834) Cape Verde, Sal, Baia de Regona, on and under roc...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cantharus viverratus (KIENER, 1834); Figuré; F.R06834) (from synonym Cantharus viverratus (Kiener, 1834))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-35831) (from synonym Buccinum tafon Deshayes, 1844)
To Conchology (Gemophos viverratus ORANGE)
To Conchology (Gemophos viverratus)
To Malacopics (Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834) Cape Verde, Sal, Baia de Regona, on and under roc...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cantharus viverratus (KIENER, 1834); Figuré; F.R06834) (from synonym Cantharus viverratus (Kiener, 1834))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-35831) (from synonym Buccinum tafon Deshayes, 1844)
