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

AfReMaS name details

Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789

AphiaID

204032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204032)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (objective synonym)

Accepted name

Tenagodus Guettard, 1770

Rank

Genus

Parent

Siliquariidae Anton, 1838

Original name

Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789

Direct children (8)

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Species Siliquaria chuni (Thiele, 1925) accepted as Tenagodus chuni Thiele, 1925
Species Siliquaria cumingii (Mörch, 1861) accepted as Tenagodus cumingii Mörch, 1861
Species Siliquaria lactea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Tenagodus lacteus (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Siliquaria muricata (Born, 1780) accepted as Tenagodus muricatus (Born, 1780)
Species Siliquaria ponderosa (Mörch, 1861) accepted as Tenagodus ponderosus Mörch, 1861
Species Siliquaria senegalensis Mörch, 1861 accepted as Tenagodus senegalensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1876) (nomen nudum)
Species Siliquaria trochlearis Mörch, 1861 accepted as Tenagodes trochlearis (Mörch, 1861) accepted as Tenagodus trochlearis Mörch, 1861
Species Siliquaria wilmanae Tomlin, 1918 accepted as Tenagodus wilmanae (Tomlin, 1918)

Environment

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

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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siliquaria 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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204032 on 2026-05-09

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. Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204032 on 2026-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-02 12:35:57Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-03-04 10:33:07Z

changed

ten Hove, Harry

2012-02-10 22:44:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-10-24 16:07:37Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2022-10-01 19:06:09Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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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 [details]

additional source 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): 18 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Bieler, R. (1992). Tenagodus or Siliquaria? Unravelling taxonomic confusion in marine "worm-snails" (Cerithioidea: Siliquariidae). The Nautilus. 106(1): 15-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271249
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors

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