World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amauropsis Mörch, 1857

Deep-Sea taxon details

Amauropsis Mörch, 1857

AphiaID

138236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138236)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polinicinae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Mamma (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857

Direct children (8)

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Species Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906)
Species Amauropsis apora (R. B. Watson, 1881)
Species Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908)
Species Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897)
Species Amauropsis prasina (R. B. Watson, 1881)
Species Amauropsis rossiana E. A. Smith, 1907
Species Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877)
Species Amauropsis godfroyi (E. Lamy, 1910) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein. 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amauropsis Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138236 on 2026-09-26

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amauropsis Mörch, 1857. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138236 on 2026-09-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-21 08:10:26Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2011-03-23 19:25:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2011-10-24 14:39:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-10-26 03:51:05Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-02-02 04:58:48Z

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Köhler, Frank

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original description (of ) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein. 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]

taxonomy source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]