African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Penicillus Bruguière, 1789

AfReMaS name details

Penicillus Bruguière, 1789

AphiaID

203994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203994)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Penicillus Guettard, 1770 [Polychaeta])

Accepted name

Verpa Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858

Original name

Penicillus Bruguière, 1789

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Species Penicillus giganteus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) accepted as Nipponoclava gigantea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penicillus vaginiferus (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Brechites attrahens ([Lightfoot], 1786) (junior synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv, 126 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Penicillus Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203994 on 2026-05-15

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. Penicillus Bruguière, 1789. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203994 on 2026-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-12-09 16:30:17Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-09-15 04:51:39Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2011-07-04 18:34:59Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-20 03:22:51Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv, 126 [details]

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]

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