WoRMS taxon details
Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791)
598378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598378)
accepted
Species
Cerithium (Pseudovertagus) clava (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cerithium clava (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cerithium magnum J. C. Jay, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium marmoratum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Murex clava Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pirenella boswellae Barnard, 1963 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) clava (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3565 [details]
page(s): 3565 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598378 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pirenella boswellae Barnard, 1963) Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 140. [details]
original description (of Murex clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3565 [details]
original description (of Cerithium magnum J. C. Jay, 1836) Jay, J. C. (1836). <i>A catalogue of recent shells with description of new or rare species in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. 2nd edition. New York. 77 pp., errata, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12172590
page(s): [83], pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Cerithium marmoratum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 3: 109-110, pl. 54 fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 140. [details]
original description (of Murex clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3565 [details]
original description (of Cerithium magnum J. C. Jay, 1836) Jay, J. C. (1836). <i>A catalogue of recent shells with description of new or rare species in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. 2nd edition. New York. 77 pp., errata, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12172590
page(s): [83], pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Cerithium marmoratum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 3: 109-110, pl. 54 fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cerithium clava (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti, Arué,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) clava (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cerithium clava (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Pseudovertagus clava (Gmelin, 1791) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti, Arué,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pseudovertagus (Pseudovertagus) clava (Gmelin, 1791))
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