African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843

AfReMaS taxon details

Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843

AphiaID

138650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138650)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843

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Species Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893
Species Petaloconchus adansonii (Daudin, 1800) accepted as Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800 (incorrect generic placement)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Lea, H. C. (1843). Description of some new fossil shells from the Tertiary of Virginia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 3: 162-165 [Final publication: see H.C. Lea 1846]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27068863
page(s): 162 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843. Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138650 on 2026-08-04

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. Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138650 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-16 07:42:42Z

checked

Wambiji, Nina

2010-12-01 22:12:57Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-06-21 20:51:16Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2020-05-21 15:12:59Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Lea, H. C. (1843). Description of some new fossil shells from the Tertiary of Virginia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 3: 162-165 [Final publication: see H.C. Lea 1846]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27068863
page(s): 162 [details]

basis of record Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors

additional source 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): 2 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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