WoRMS name details
Biplex G. Perry, 1810
456376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456376)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Biplex perca G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Gyrineum perca (G. Perry, 1811) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Biplex aculeata (Schepman, 1909) accepted as Gyrineum aculeatum (Schepman, 1909)
- Species Biplex australasia G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (superseded combination)
- Species Biplex bozzettii Beu, 1998 accepted as Gyrineum bozzettii (Beu, 1998) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex corrugata G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Alanbeuella corrugata (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex elegans G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Gyrineum natator (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Biplex hirasei Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 accepted as Gyrineum hirasei (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex magnifica (K. Martin, 1879) accepted as Gyrineum magnificum (K. Martin, 1879) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex pamotanensis (K. Martin, 1899) accepted as Gyrineum pamotanensis (K. Martin, 1899) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex perca G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Gyrineum perca (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex pulchella (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Gyrineum pulchellum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Biplex pulchra (G. B. Sowerby II, 1836) accepted as Gyrineum aculeatum (Schepman, 1909) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Ranella pulchra G. B. Sowerby II, 1835)
- Species Biplex rana (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex rosa G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Bursa rosa (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Biplex rubicola G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Biplex spinosa (Schumacher, 1817) accepted as Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Biplex tuberculus G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Tutufa rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Biplex variegata G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Perry, G. (1810). Arcana, or the Museum of Natural History, containing the most recent discussed objects embellished with coloured plates and corresponding descriptions; with extracts related to animals and remarks of celebrated travellers combining a general survey of nature. George Smeeton, London. 7-100, plates 1-15.
page(s): M7 [details]
page(s): M7 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Biplex G. Perry, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456376 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Perry, G. (1810). Arcana, or the Museum of Natural History, containing the most recent discussed objects embellished with coloured plates and corresponding descriptions; with extracts related to animals and remarks of celebrated travellers combining a general survey of nature. George Smeeton, London. 7-100, plates 1-15.
page(s): M7 [details]
page(s): M7 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Jousseaume, F. (1879). Notes conchyliologiques, genre <i>Biplex</i>. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> (1)1: 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928412
page(s): 5-6. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Petit, R.E. (2003) George Perry's molluscan taxa and notes on the editions of his Conchology of 1811. Zootaxa, 377, 1–72., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00377.pdf
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 5-6. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Petit, R.E. (2003) George Perry's molluscan taxa and notes on the editions of his Conchology of 1811. Zootaxa, 377, 1–72., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00377.pdf
page(s): 20 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
