African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

224729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224729)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Persicula Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Marginella avellana Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted

Marginella guttata Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Marginella persicula (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Persicola maculata Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Persicula maculata Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Persicula variabilis Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted

Prunum roscidum f. spilota (Mazyck, 1913) · unaccepted

Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224729 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-17 09:29:46Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2015-07-11 02:38:59Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Prunum roscidum f. spilota (Mazyck, 1913)) Mazÿck, W. G. (1913). Catalog of Mollusca of South Carolina. Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 2: 1-39. [details]

original description (of Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Marginella guttata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]

original description (of Persicula variabilis Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

original description (of Marginella avellana Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 [details]

original description (of Persicula maculata Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]

original description (of Persicola maculata Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]

basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55. [details] Available for editors

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