WoRMS taxon details
Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
224383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224383)
accepted
Genus
Murex morio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Cassidulus J. E. Gray, 1854 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata]
Galeodes (Pugilina) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Melongena (Pugilina) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Volema (Pugilina) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Pugilina axelalfi Thach, 2023
- Species Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pugilina simonei Thach, 2023
- Species Pugilina tupiniquim Abbate & Simone, 2015
- Subgenus Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
- Species Pugilina cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pugilina colosseus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pugilina dirki Nolf, 2007 accepted as Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007) (original combination)
- Species Pugilina elongata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Pugilina fasciata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pugilina laevis Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Pugilina pugilina (Born, 1778) accepted as Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pugilina ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 65, 216 [details]
page(s): 65, 216 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pugilina Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224383 on 2026-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 65, 216 [details]
original description (of Cassidulus J. E. Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 35 [details]
basis of record Abbate, D. & Simone, L. R. L. (2015). Review of <i>Pugilina</i> from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 56 (3): 559-577., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?fullDOI=10.5733%2Fafin.056.0305 [details]
page(s): 65, 216 [details]
original description (of Cassidulus J. E. Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 35 [details]
basis of record Abbate, D. & Simone, L. R. L. (2015). Review of <i>Pugilina</i> from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 56 (3): 559-577., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?fullDOI=10.5733%2Fafin.056.0305 [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): vol. 2, 1848: 354 [details]
page(s): vol. 2, 1848: 354 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassidulus) (from synonym Cassidulus J. E. Gray, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pugilina)
To Genbank
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pugilina)
To Genbank
Unreviewed
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