NARMS taxon details
Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777)
224890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224890)
accepted
Species
Bulla blainvillii Leach, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bulla patula Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Ovula blainvillii (Leach, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ovula blanville [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ovula pennantiana (Leach, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)
Simia pennantiana Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Bulla patula Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
Taxonomy This is the type species of Xandarovula Cate, 1973, retained as a valid genus by Dolin & Ledon (2002) and Nappo (2024),...
Taxonomy This is the type species of Xandarovula Cate, 1973, retained as a valid genus by Dolin & Ledon (2002) and Nappo (2024), contrary to the view of Lorenz & Fehse (2009) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 2025-07-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 2025-07-12
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original description
(of Bulla patula Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Bulla blainvillii Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269, nr. 54 [details]
original description (of Simia pennantiana Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]
basis of record Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of <i>Xandarovula aetheria</i> n. sp. <em>Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta.</em> 1(1): 37-66.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Schrieken N., Gittenberger A. & Lengkeek W. (2012) <i>Xandarovula</i> from The Netherlands and England (Gastropoda, Ovulidae). <i>Basteria</i> 76(1-3): 13-14., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597406/BAST2011075004008.pdf [details]
additional source Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf
page(s): 341 [details]
new combination reference Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
original description (of Bulla blainvillii Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269, nr. 54 [details]
original description (of Simia pennantiana Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]
basis of record Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of <i>Xandarovula aetheria</i> n. sp. <em>Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta.</em> 1(1): 37-66.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Schrieken N., Gittenberger A. & Lengkeek W. (2012) <i>Xandarovula</i> from The Netherlands and England (Gastropoda, Ovulidae). <i>Basteria</i> 76(1-3): 13-14., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597406/BAST2011075004008.pdf [details]
additional source Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf
page(s): 341 [details]
new combination reference Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This is the type species of Xandarovula Cate, 1973, retained as a valid genus by Dolin & Ledon (2002) and Nappo (2024), contrary to the view of Lorenz & Fehse (2009) [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Simnia patula) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Bulla patula Pennant, 1777)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) North Sea, Klaverbank. Oceana North Sea Exp. 216. Samp... (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) United Kingdom, Devon, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla patula Pennant, 1777)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Simnia patula) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Bulla patula Pennant, 1777)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) North Sea, Klaverbank. Oceana North Sea Exp. 216. Samp... (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) United Kingdom, Devon, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla patula Pennant, 1777)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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