WoRMS taxon details
Gyrineum pulchellum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
1301600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1301600)
accepted
Species
Biplex pulchella (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) · unaccepted
Ranella jucunda A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ranella pulchella G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ranella pulchella Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Ranella...)
junior homonym of Ranella pulchella G.B. Sowerby I, 1825; subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ranella pulchella G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 63, App. xviii. [details]
page(s): 63, App. xviii. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gyrineum pulchellum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301600 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ranella jucunda A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 69-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747198
page(s): 70. [details]
original description (of Ranella pulchella Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. <em>In: MacGillivray J. (ed.). Narrative of the voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850, volume 2 . London: T. & W. Boone. 395 pp.</em> Pp. 360-386, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38053940
page(s): 382-383, pl. 3 fig. 6a-b [details]
original description (of Ranella pulchella G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 63, App. xviii. [details]
page(s): 70. [details]
original description (of Ranella pulchella Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. <em>In: MacGillivray J. (ed.). Narrative of the voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850, volume 2 . London: T. & W. Boone. 395 pp.</em> Pp. 360-386, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38053940
page(s): 382-383, pl. 3 fig. 6a-b [details]
original description (of Ranella pulchella G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 63, App. xviii. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination New combination herein, based on the synonymy (Strong et al. 2019) of Biplex with Gyrineum. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ranella pulchella Forbes, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ranella pulchella G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
To Malacopics (Gyrineum pulchellum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Australia, Queensland, Keppel Bay, ex c...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ranella pulchella G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
To Malacopics (Gyrineum pulchellum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Australia, Queensland, Keppel Bay, ex c...
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