WoRMS taxon details
Laeocochlis Dunker & Metzger, 1874
137769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137769)
accepted
Genus
Laeocochlis pommeraniae Dunker & Metzger, 1874 accepted as Laeocochlis sinistrata (Nyst, 1835) (type by monotypy)
Laeochochlis Dunker & Metzger, 1874 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Laiochochlis Dunker & Metzger, 1874 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (ruled by ICZN Opinion 1700)
Laiocochlis Dunker & Metzger, 1874 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Laiocochlis (Laicochlis) Dunker & Metzger, 1874 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Laeocochlis sinistrata (Nyst, 1835)
- Species Laeocochlis granosa auct. non S. V. Wood, 1848 accepted as Laeocochlis sinistrata (Nyst, 1835) (misapplication)
- Species Laeocochlis pommeraniae Dunker & Metzger, 1874 accepted as Laeocochlis sinistrata (Nyst, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, incorrect original spelling of Genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Dunker, W.; Metzger, A. (1874). Drei neue Meeres-Conchylien der norwegischen Fauna. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 6(1): 7-8 [January]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30958128
note: as "Laiochochlis" [details]
note: as "Laiochochlis" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laeocochlis Dunker & Metzger, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137769 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Dunker, W.; Metzger, A. (1874). Drei neue Meeres-Conchylien der norwegischen Fauna. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 6(1): 7-8 [January]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30958128
note: as "Laiochochlis" [details]
note: as "Laiochochlis" [details]
Other
additional source
Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. <i>Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3</i>: 579-840, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54708230 [details]
additional source ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1700. <i>Laeocochlis</i> Dunker & Metzger, 1874 (Mollusca, Gastropoda):conserved as the correct spelling 61. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 50(1): 61-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12249482 [details]
additional source ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1700. <i>Laeocochlis</i> Dunker & Metzger, 1874 (Mollusca, Gastropoda):conserved as the correct spelling 61. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 50(1): 61-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12249482 [details]
From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender feminine, as composed with the Latin noun cochlis (a coiled shell); stated as feminine in ICZN Opinion 1700 (1993) [details]Spelling Original spelling Laiochochlis. Spellings Laeochochlis and Laiocochlis used by Dunker & Metzger (1874, Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 1: 146 and pl. 7). Placed on the Official List, with the spelling Laeocochlis, by Opinion 1700 (1993, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 50: 61). [details]
