WoRMS taxon details
Petaloconchus caperatus (Tate & May, 1900)
549435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:549435)
accepted
Species
Thylacodes caperatus Tate & May, 1900 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Thylacodes caperatus Tate & May, 1900) Tate, R.; May, W.L. (1900). Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Mollusca (chiefly Tasmanian). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 24(2): 90-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36939623
page(s): 94 [details]
page(s): 94 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus caperatus (Tate & May, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549435 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Thylacodes caperatus Tate & May, 1900) Tate, R.; May, W.L. (1900). Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Mollusca (chiefly Tasmanian). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 24(2): 90-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36939623
page(s): 94 [details]
basis of record Kelly W.C. (2007) Three new vermetid gastropod species from Guam. <i>Micronesica</i> 39(2): 117–140. [details]
page(s): 94 [details]
basis of record Kelly W.C. (2007) Three new vermetid gastropod species from Guam. <i>Micronesica</i> 39(2): 117–140. [details]
Other
additional source
Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Scuderi, D. (2025). Western Indo-Pacific Vermetidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 16(4): 669-717., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2025.16.4.669.717
page(s): 695, figs 106–112, 173–174, 204 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Scuderi, D. (2025). Western Indo-Pacific Vermetidae (Mollusca Gastropoda). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 16(4): 669-717., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2025.16.4.669.717
page(s): 695, figs 106–112, 173–174, 204 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
