African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pirenella layardii (A. Adams, 1854)

AfReMaS name details

Pirenella layardii (A. Adams, 1854)

AphiaID

215146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215146)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pirenella J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Cerithidea (Pirenella) layardii A. Adams, 1855

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

(of ) Adams, A. (1855). A monograph of Cerithidea, a genus of Mollusca, with descriptions of several new species, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq.: to which are added, descriptions of two new species of Colina, and one of Donax. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 [1854]: 83–87 [April 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747467
page(s): 86. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pirenella layardii (A. Adams, 1854). 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=215146 on 2026-09-12

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. Pirenella layardii (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215146 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-13 08:24:17Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2011-02-08 22:04:15Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2016-02-20 13:19:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-09-02 23:50:32Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Adams, A. (1855). A monograph of Cerithidea, a genus of Mollusca, with descriptions of several new species, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq.: to which are added, descriptions of two new species of Colina, and one of Donax. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 [1854]: 83–87 [April 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747467
page(s): 86. [details]

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]