African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858

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Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858

AphiaID

518819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:518819)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Clavagelloidea A. d'Orbigny, 1844

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Genus Brechites Guettard, 1770
Genus Nipponoclava B. J. Smith, 1976
Genus Verpa Röding, 1798
Genus Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Penicillus Guettard, 1770 [Polychaeta])

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1858). On the families of Aspergillidae, Gastrochaenidae and Humphreyiadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 307-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271839
page(s): 312; note: as Penicillina [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858. 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=518819 on 2026-06-07

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. Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518819 on 2026-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-09-15 04:51:39Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2011-06-04 10:07:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2016-05-27 22:21:30Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

2024-01-05 00:52:48Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1858). On the families of Aspergillidae, Gastrochaenidae and Humphreyiadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 307-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271839
page(s): 312; note: as Penicillina [details]

basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]

basis of record Morton, B. & Machado, F.M. (2021). The origins, relationships, evolution and conservation of the weirdest marine bivalves: The watering pot shells. A review. Advances in Marine Biology. 88: 137-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2021.03.001 [details]

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