WoRMS name details
Orthopoma J. E. Gray, 1868
1052728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1052728)
unaccepted
Genus
Navicella clypeolum Récluz, 1843 accepted as Septaria atra (Reeve, 1842) (type by subsequent designation)
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1868). Notes on <i>Catillus</i>, Humphrey, or <i>Navicella</i>, Lamarck, with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867: 993-1000., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534435
page(s): 999 [details]
page(s): 999 [details]
Taxonomic remark The genus name Orthopoma was established without any included species, and it appears that none was ever subsequently...
Taxonomic remark The genus name Orthopoma was established without any included species, and it appears that none was ever subsequently included. The genus was diagnosed based on an operculum, which Y. Kano & H. Fukumori have identified as a broken operculum of Septaria clypeolum (Récluz, 1843). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Orthopoma J. E. Gray, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052728 on 2026-02-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1868). Notes on <i>Catillus</i>, Humphrey, or <i>Navicella</i>, Lamarck, with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867: 993-1000., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534435
page(s): 999 [details]
page(s): 999 [details]
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subsequent type designation
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
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Taxonomic remark The genus name Orthopoma was established without any included species, and it appears that none was ever subsequently included. The genus was diagnosed based on an operculum, which Y. Kano & H. Fukumori have identified as a broken operculum of Septaria clypeolum (Récluz, 1843). [details]
