WoRMS name details
Brechites (Verpa) penis (Linnaeus, 1758)
1831825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1831825)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Brechites (Verpa) Röding, 1798 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798
marine
(of Serpula penis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 788, no figures; note: based on Rumphius t.41 Solen auguinus. "Polymorpha, sed distinctissima rima Sua articulata, quamvis magnitudine diversissima" ["Polymorphic, but very distinct, its articulated crack, although very di...
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page(s): 788, no figures; note: based on Rumphius t.41 Solen auguinus. "Polymorpha, sed distinctissima rima Sua articulata, quamvis magnitudine diversissima" ["Polymorphic, but very distinct, its articulated crack, although very di...
based on Rumphius t.41 Solen auguinus. "Polymorpha, sed distinctissima rima Sua articulata, quamvis magnitudine diversissima" ["Polymorphic, but very distinct, its articulated crack, although very different in size"
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Brechites (Verpa) penis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1831825 on 2026-07-14
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(of Serpula penis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 788, no figures; note: based on Rumphius t.41 Solen auguinus. "Polymorpha, sed distinctissima rima Sua articulata, quamvis magnitudine diversissima" ["Polymorphic, but very distinct, its articulated crack, although very di...
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basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 485, figs [details]
page(s): 788, no figures; note: based on Rumphius t.41 Solen auguinus. "Polymorpha, sed distinctissima rima Sua articulata, quamvis magnitudine diversissima" ["Polymorphic, but very distinct, its articulated crack, although very di...
based on Rumphius t.41 Solen auguinus. "Polymorpha, sed distinctissima rima Sua articulata, quamvis magnitudine diversissima" ["Polymorphic, but very distinct, its articulated crack, although very different in size"
[request]basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 485, figs [details]
