WoRMS taxon details
Semirossia patagonica (E. A. Smith, 1881)
342233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342233)
accepted
Species
Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881) Smith, E. A. (1881). Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of the H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and Molluscoidea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1881): 22-44, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759083
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
Type locality contained in Channels and Fjords of Southern Chile
type locality contained in Channels and Fjords of Southern Chile [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: from off Chubut Province (45°S) to Tierra del Fuego (54°S), including Isla de los Estados...
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: from off Chubut Province (45°S) to Tierra del Fuego (54°S), including Isla de los Estados (54.5°S), and Malvinas/Falkland Islands; extending to the Southeast Pacific Ocean, where it reaches to 32°S); 47 to 295 m in the Atlantic side, up to 709 m in the Pacific side. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Semirossia patagonica (E. A. Smith, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342233 on 2026-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881) Smith, E. A. (1881). Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of the H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and Molluscoidea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1881): 22-44, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759083
page(s): 22 [details]
basis of record Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 197 [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
basis of record Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 197 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bonavita, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. & Güller, M. (2026). Benthic cephalopods (Mollusca) from the Austral Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 322: 233-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2026.04.001
page(s): 255, figs 10D-F, 17-18 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bonavita, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. & Güller, M. (2026). Benthic cephalopods (Mollusca) from the Austral Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 322: 233-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2026.04.001
page(s): 255, figs 10D-F, 17-18 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: from off Chubut Province (45°S) to Tierra del Fuego (54°S), including Isla de los Estados (54.5°S), and Malvinas/Falkland Islands; extending to the Southeast Pacific Ocean, where it reaches to 32°S); 47 to 295 m in the Atlantic side, up to 709 m in the Pacific side. [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Semirossia patagonica)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Semirossia patagonica)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Rossia patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
