World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

NARMS taxon details

Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822)

AphiaID

140429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140429)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Urosalpinx W. Stimpson, 1865

Original name

Fusus cinereus Say, 1822

Synonymised names

Fusus cinereus Say, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Fusus cinereus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 236 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy very destructive to oysters

Taxonomy very destructive to oysters [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140429 on 2025-07-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140429 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-06-19 11:16:42Z

changed

Houart, Roland

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Fusus cinereus Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 236 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S. 24119: 366 PP. [details]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Stearns, R. E. C. (1899). Urosalpinx cinereus in San Francisco Bay. The Nautilus. 12(10): 112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799654 [details]

additional source Dall, W. H. (1907). Notes: Ilyanassa obsoleta in California. The Nautilus. 21(8): 91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3666047 [details]

additional source Stearns, R. E. C. (1894). Urosalpinx cinereus in San Francisco Bay. The Nautilus. 8(2): 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044609 [details]

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1928). Urosalpinx cinerea Say in England. The Nautilus. 42(2): 68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518845 [details]

additional source Allen, J. F. (1958). Urosalpinx cinerea and Eupleura caudata in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The Nautilus. 72(2): 49-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521086 [details]

additional source Hargis, W. J., Jr. & MacKenzie, C. L., Jr. (1961). Sexual behavior of the oyster drills: Eupleura caudata and Urosalpinx cinerea. The Nautilus. 75(1): 7-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8282921 [details]

additional source Turgeon, K. W. & Fralick, R. A. (1973). Size and sex ratio differences in Urosalpinx cinerea (Say) (Muricidae) from Great Bay, New Hampshire. The Nautilus. 87(4): 112-113, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511899 [details]

additional source Carriker, M. R. (1975). Radular anomaly in Urosalpinx cinerea (Gastropoda: Muricidae). The Nautilus. 89(3): 91-94, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319449 [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]