African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860

AphiaID

571549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:571549)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Macromphalus S. V. Wood, 1842

Rank

Genus

Parent

Vanikoridae J. E. Gray, 1840

Original name

Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860

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Species Couthouyia incerta (W. H. Turton, 1932) accepted as Macromphalus incertus (W. H. Turton, 1932)
Species Couthouyia pasithea Kilburn, 1977 accepted as Macromphalus pasithea (Kilburn, 1977) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413 [1 May 1860]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773
page(s): 410. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860. 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=571549 on 2026-02-24

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. Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571549 on 2026-02-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-05 11:09:40Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-09-18 08:12:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-11-09 08:15:11Z

changed

Herbert, David

2025-12-03 18:48:32Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413 [1 May 1860]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773
page(s): 410. [details]

source of synonymy Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1988). A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family. Bollettino Malacologico. 24 (5-8): 73-100.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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