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Siphonaria alternata (Say, 1826)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 86923)

AphiaID

420647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420647)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

Original name

Patella alternata Say, 1826

Synonymised names

Patella alternata Say, 1826 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Siphonaria alternata var. intermedia C. A. Davis, 1904 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not Schrenck, 1867)

Siphonaria alternata var. opalescens C. A. Davis, 1904 · unaccepted (variety)

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Variety Siphonaria alternata var. brunnea Hanley, 1858 accepted as Siphonaria brunnea Hanley, 1858 (unaccepted rank)
Variety Siphonaria alternata var. intermedia C. A. Davis, 1904 accepted as Siphonaria alternata (Say, 1826) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not Schrenck, 1867)
Variety Siphonaria alternata var. opalescens C. A. Davis, 1904 accepted as Siphonaria alternata (Say, 1826) (variety)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Patella alternata Say, 1826) Say, T. (1826). Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5(2):207-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657265
page(s): 215-216 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria alternata (Say, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420647 on 2026-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

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2011-10-08 12:59:09Z

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2017-11-20 15:56:44Z

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Nomenclature

original description (of Patella alternata Say, 1826) Say, T. (1826). Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5(2):207-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657265
page(s): 215-216 [details]

original description (of Siphonaria alternata var. opalescens C. A. Davis, 1904) Davis, C. A. (1904). Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands. The Nautilus. 17(11): 125-129, pl. 4.
page(s): 127, pl. 4, fig. 15 [details]

original description (of Siphonaria alternata var. intermedia C. A. Davis, 1904) Davis, C. A. (1904). Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands. The Nautilus. 17(11): 125-129, pl. 4.
page(s): 127, pl. 4, fig. 16 [details]

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

additional source Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). Zootaxa. 3779(2): 246-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.7 [details] Available for editors

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