World Register of Deep-Sea species - Onustus Swainson, 1840

Deep-Sea taxon details

Onustus Swainson, 1840

Onustus indicus

AphiaID

468030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:468030)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Xenophoridae Troschel, 1852 (1840)

Original name

Onustus Swainson, 1840

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Species Onustus caribaeus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1857)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 212, 352 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Onustus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468030 on 2026-06-29

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Onustus Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468030 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-04-21 07:04:33Z

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Tran, Bastien

2013-01-03 14:28:57Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-06-22 21:34:45Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-28 11:05:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 212, 352 [details]

basis of record Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp. [details]

additional source Ponder, W. F. (1983). A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the World and of the Australian fossil species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Australian Museum Memoir.</em> 17: 1-126., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1983-Aust-Mus-Mem-17-1126/ [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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Onustus indicus

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Onustus indicus

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