WoRMS taxon details
Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845)
160051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160051)
accepted
Species
Cerithium adamsii H. C. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerithium annulatum Emmons, 1858 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium annulatum Zekeli, 1852
Cerithium clavulus H. C. Lea, 1843 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium clavulus Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1842; C. pseudoclavulus is a replacement names
Cerithium pseudoclavulus A. d'Orbigny, 1852 · unaccepted
Cerithium terebellum C. B. Adams, 1847 · unaccepted
Cerithium terebrale C. B. Adams, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium terebrale Lamarck, 1804; C. adamsi and C. terebellum are replacement names
Seila adamsii var. attenuata Dall, 1892 † · unaccepted
Seila adamsii var. beaufortensis Thiriot-Quiévreux, 1980 · unaccepted (unavailable name (variety...)
unavailable name (variety established after 1960)
Seila clavulus (H. C. Lea, 1843) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Seila terebralis (C. B. Adams, 1840) · unaccepted
- Variety Seila adamsii var. beaufortensis Thiriot-Quiévreux, 1980 accepted as Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845) (unavailable name (variety established after 1960))
marine
(of Cerithium adamsii H. C. Lea, 1845) Lea, H. C. (1845). <i>Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Va.</i> Philadelphia, 48 pp., pls 34–37. [A preprint of H.C. Lea, 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21733034
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
Distribution Range: 41°N to 35°S; 97.35°W to 34.9°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida;...
Distribution Range: 41°N to 35°S; 97.35°W to 34.9°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks (East & West), Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Cuba; Cuba: North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos, Cienfuegos; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil; Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo; Uruguay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160051 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerithium adamsii H. C. Lea, 1845) Lea, H. C. (1845). <i>Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Va.</i> Philadelphia, 48 pp., pls 34–37. [A preprint of H.C. Lea, 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21733034
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Cerithium terebrale C. B. Adams, 1840) Adams, C. B. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. <em>Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 318-332, pl. 3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32416055
page(s): 320, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Cerithium terebellum C. B. Adams, 1847) Adams, C. B. (1847). Catalogue of the genera and species of recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams. Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vermont. 1-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12095972
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Cerithium annulatum Emmons, 1858 †) Emmons, E. (1858). <i>Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties. Together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds</i>. Henry D. Turner, Raleigh. xvi + 314 pp. In Agriculture of the eastern counties; together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds, pp. 193-313, figs. 18-256. North Carolina Geological Survey. Raleigh, North Carolina., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17554982
page(s): 269-270, fig. 161 [details]
original description (of Cerithium pseudoclavulus A. d'Orbigny, 1852) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): vol. 3: 83 [details]
original description (of Seila adamsii var. beaufortensis Thiriot-Quiévreux, 1980) Thiriot-Quiévreux C. (1980). Identification of some planktonic prosobranch larvae present off Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>The Veliger.</em> 23(1): 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42412178
page(s): 4, figs 26-29 [details]
original description (of Seila adamsii var. attenuata Dall, 1892 †) Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 3(2): 201-473., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456881
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Cerithium clavulus H. C. Lea, 1843) Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 11 [details]
basis of record Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2020). Report on the Cerithiopsidae from Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Caenogastropoda, Triphoroidea). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 14: 1-103.
page(s): 51-52, pl. 26 figs 1a-f [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Cerithium terebrale C. B. Adams, 1840) Adams, C. B. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. <em>Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 318-332, pl. 3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32416055
page(s): 320, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Cerithium terebellum C. B. Adams, 1847) Adams, C. B. (1847). Catalogue of the genera and species of recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams. Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vermont. 1-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12095972
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Cerithium annulatum Emmons, 1858 †) Emmons, E. (1858). <i>Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties. Together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds</i>. Henry D. Turner, Raleigh. xvi + 314 pp. In Agriculture of the eastern counties; together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds, pp. 193-313, figs. 18-256. North Carolina Geological Survey. Raleigh, North Carolina., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17554982
page(s): 269-270, fig. 161 [details]
original description (of Cerithium pseudoclavulus A. d'Orbigny, 1852) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): vol. 3: 83 [details]
original description (of Seila adamsii var. beaufortensis Thiriot-Quiévreux, 1980) Thiriot-Quiévreux C. (1980). Identification of some planktonic prosobranch larvae present off Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>The Veliger.</em> 23(1): 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42412178
page(s): 4, figs 26-29 [details]
original description (of Seila adamsii var. attenuata Dall, 1892 †) Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 3(2): 201-473., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456881
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Cerithium clavulus H. C. Lea, 1843) Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 11 [details]
basis of record Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2020). Report on the Cerithiopsidae from Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Caenogastropoda, Triphoroidea). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 14: 1-103.
page(s): 51-52, pl. 26 figs 1a-f [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Pimenta, A. D.; Garofalo, R. de Souza Faria; Figueira, R. M. Andrade; Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Unraveling another of the 'Big Fiveʹ: new species and records of Cerithiopsidae from Brazil (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5494(1): 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5494.1.1
page(s): 56, fig. 30 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rolán E. & Fernandes F. (1990). The genus <i>Seila</i> A. Adams, 1861 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cerithiopsidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Apex.</em> 5(3-4): 17-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530166 [details]
additional source Pimenta, A. D.; Garofalo, R. de Souza Faria; Figueira, R. M. Andrade; Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Unraveling another of the 'Big Fiveʹ: new species and records of Cerithiopsidae from Brazil (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5494(1): 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5494.1.1
page(s): 56, fig. 30 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rolán E. & Fernandes F. (1990). The genus <i>Seila</i> A. Adams, 1861 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cerithiopsidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Apex.</em> 5(3-4): 17-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530166 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 41°N to 35°S; 97.35°W to 34.9°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks (East & West), Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Cuba; Cuba: North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos, Cienfuegos; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil; Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo; Uruguay [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Conchology (Seila adamsii)
To Conchology (Seila adamsii)
To Conchology (Seila adamsii)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Seila adamsii)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cerithium adamsii H. C. Lea, 1845)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845) )
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437211)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Conchology (Seila adamsii)
To Conchology (Seila adamsii)
To Conchology (Seila adamsii)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Seila adamsii)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cerithium adamsii H. C. Lea, 1845)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845) )
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437211)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
