WoRMS taxon details
Pseudoliva Swainson, 1840
224413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224413)
accepted
Genus
Buccinum plumbeum Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Pseudoliva crassa (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Buccinorbis Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fulmentum P. Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gastridium G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Gastridium...)
junior homonym of Gastridium Modeer, 1793 [Conidae] and junior objective synonym of Pseudoliva
Macron (Fulmentum) P. Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mariona G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudoliva (Buccinorbis) Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudoliva (Mariona) G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 · unaccepted
Pseudolivia [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Sulcobuccinum (Buccinorbis) Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Pseudoliva aikeni D. Monsecour & K. Monsecour, 2023
- Species Pseudoliva ancilla Hanley, 1860
- Species Pseudoliva crassa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Pseudoliva sepimentum (Rang, 1832)
- Species Pseudoliva nassoides Hanley, 1860 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Pseudoliva (Macron) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Macron H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Pseudoliva (Macron) commoda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Pseudoliva (Mariona) G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 accepted as Pseudoliva Swainson, 1840
- Species Pseudoliva kelletii A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Macron aethiops (Reeve, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pseudoliva livida A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Macron lividus (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Pseudoliva plumbea (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Pseudoliva crassa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Pseudoliva stereoglypta G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 accepted as Macron wrightii H. Adams, 1865
- Species Pseudoliva striata A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Pseudoliva striatula A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Pseudoliva crassa (Gmelin, 1791) (nomen nudum)
- Species Pseudoliva striatula A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Pseudoliva crassa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Pseudoliva zebrina A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Luizia zebrina (A. Adams, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 82, 306 [details]
page(s): 82, 306 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pseudoliva Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224413 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 82, 306 [details]
original description (of Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903) Melvill, J.C. (1903). The genera <i>Pseudoliva</i> and <i>Macron</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 320-330., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650140
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Pseudoliva (Mariona) G. B. Sowerby III, 1890) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1890). Further notes on marine shells of South Africa, with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(4): 147-159, pl. 3. [17 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566913 [details]
original description (of Gastridium G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 †) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). <i>A conchological manual</i>. 2nd Edition. 1–313, 2 folding tables, 26 pls. London: Henry G. Bohn. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41888038
page(s): 312 [details]
original description (of Macron (Fulmentum) P. Fischer, 1884) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 632 [details]
original description (of Sulcobuccinum (Buccinorbis) Conrad, 1865 †) Conrad, T. A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 1-35. [25 Feb. 1865]; 1(2): two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190. [15 April 1865]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084543
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 82, 306 [details]
original description (of Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903) Melvill, J.C. (1903). The genera <i>Pseudoliva</i> and <i>Macron</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 320-330., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650140
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Pseudoliva (Mariona) G. B. Sowerby III, 1890) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1890). Further notes on marine shells of South Africa, with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(4): 147-159, pl. 3. [17 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566913 [details]
original description (of Gastridium G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 †) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). <i>A conchological manual</i>. 2nd Edition. 1–313, 2 folding tables, 26 pls. London: Henry G. Bohn. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41888038
page(s): 312 [details]
original description (of Macron (Fulmentum) P. Fischer, 1884) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 632 [details]
original description (of Sulcobuccinum (Buccinorbis) Conrad, 1865 †) Conrad, T. A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 1-35. [25 Feb. 1865]; 1(2): two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190. [15 April 1865]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084543
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Vermeij, G. J. (1998). Generic revision of the neogastropod family Pseudolividae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 111(2): 53-84, figs. 1-17., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273781 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gastridium) (from synonym Gastridium G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gastridium) (from synonym Gastridium G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoliva)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sylvanocochlis) (from synonym Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gastridium) (from synonym Gastridium G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoliva)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sylvanocochlis) (from synonym Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903)
