Deep-Sea taxon details
Silicula Jeffreys, 1879
196919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196919)
accepted
Genus
Silicula fragilis Jeffreys, 1879 (type by original designation)
- Species Silicula filatovae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1973
- Species Silicula fragilis Jeffreys, 1879
- Species Silicula patagonica (Dall, 1908)
- Species Silicula rouchi E. Lamy, 1910
- Species Silicula tumidula Monterosato, 1880 accepted as Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-1870. (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879 : 553-588, pl. 45-46., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521697
page(s): 573 [details]
page(s): 573 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Silicula Jeffreys, 1879. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196919 on 2026-05-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Silicula Jeffreys, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196919 on 2026-05-01
Date
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original description
Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-1870. (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879 : 553-588, pl. 45-46., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521697
page(s): 573 [details]
basis of record Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu, https://www.zin.ru/publications/explorations/Vol_26(34)_Egorova_1982.pdf
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 573 [details]
basis of record Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu, https://www.zin.ru/publications/explorations/Vol_26(34)_Egorova_1982.pdf
page(s): 56 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
