African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Pterynotus Swainson, 1833

AphiaID

138204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138204)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muricidae incertae sedis

Original name

Pterynotus Swainson, 1833

Synonymised names

Marchia Jousseaume, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pterymarchia Houart, 1995 · unaccepted

Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) Houart, 1995 · alternative representation

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Species Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873)
Species Pterynotus elongatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Species Pterynotus martinetanus (Röding, 1798)
Species Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778)
Species Pterynotus celinamarumai Kosuge, 1980 accepted as Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973) (emendation pro cerinamarumai)
Species Pterynotus cerinamarumai Kosuge, 1980 accepted as Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973) (synonym)
Species Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 accepted as Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988) (original combination)
Species Pterynotus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pterynotus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1879) accepted as Chicoreus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1879)
Species Pterynotus triqueter (Born, 1778) accepted as Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
Subgenus Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) Houart, 1995 represented as Pterynotus Swainson, 1833

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): 3: 120, 122 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterynotus Swainson, 1833. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138204 on 2026-01-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pterynotus Swainson, 1833. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138204 on 2026-01-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-06-04 19:22:44Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2009-06-28 06:12:49Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2011-04-09 21:33:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-07-28 21:38:56Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-01-04 04:27:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): 3: 120, 122 [details]

original description (of Marchia Jousseaume, 1880) Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]

original description (of Pterymarchia Houart, 1995) Houart, R. (1995). Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). Apex. 10 (4): 127-136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42257087
page(s): 127 [details]

taxonomy source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. [details]

additional source Ponder, W. F. (1972). Notes on some Australian genera and species of the family Muricidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2(3): 215–248., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60978106
page(s): 216 [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterymarchia) (from synonym Pterymarchia Houart, 1995)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterynotus)
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