WoRMS taxon details
Phenacolepadinae Pilsbry, 1895
1052700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1052700)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Hyalopatina Dall, 1889
- Genus Magadis Melvill & Standen, 1899
- Genus Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888
- Genus Zacalantica Iredale, 1929
- Genus Amapileus Iredale, 1929 accepted as Zacalantica Iredale, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cinnalepeta Iredale, 1929 accepted as Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Paraseptaria Risbec, 1942 accepted as Zacalantica Iredale, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891 accepted as Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888 (junior synonym)
- Genus Scutella Broderip, 1834 accepted as Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888 (Invalid: junior homonym of Scutella Lamarck, 1816 [Echinodermata]; Scutellina and Phenacolepas are replacement names)
- Genus Scutellina J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Scutellina Agassiz, 1841 [Echinodermata]; Phenacolepas is a replacement name)
- Genus Scutulina Cossmann, 1912 accepted as Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Phenacolepadidae Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895). <i>Catalogue of the marine shells of Japan with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns</i>. F. Stearns, Detroit, viii + 196 pp, 11 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41228
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Phenacolepadinae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052700 on 2026-09-10
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Nomenclature
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(of Phenacolepadidae Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895). <i>Catalogue of the marine shells of Japan with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns</i>. F. Stearns, Detroit, viii + 196 pp, 11 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41228
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors 
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status source Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 636-655., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly078 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 636-655., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly078 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Christiaens, J. (1989). The Phenacolepadidae Gastropoda: Neritoidea Part 2. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 28(2–3): 17–48. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1900). Catalogue of species of the genus <i>Phenacolepas</i> Pilsbry. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(6): 61-63., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27057012 [details]
[request]additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1900). Catalogue of species of the genus <i>Phenacolepas</i> Pilsbry. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(6): 61-63., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27057012 [details]
