WoRMS taxon details
Smeagol Climo, 1980
551549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:551549)
accepted
Genus
Smeagol manneringi Climo, 1980 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Climo, F. M. 1980. Smeagolida, a new order of gymnomorph mollusc from New Zealand based on a new genus and species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 513-522.
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page(s): 515 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The genus takes its name from the pallid, sometimes subterranean Tolkien character Smeagol (whose alternative name is...
Etymology The genus takes its name from the pallid, sometimes subterranean Tolkien character Smeagol (whose alternative name is Gollum), a pitiable humanoid who ultimately played a very important role in saving 'Middle Earth' from evil forces. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Smeagol Climo, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=551549 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Climo, F. M. 1980. Smeagolida, a new order of gymnomorph mollusc from New Zealand based on a new genus and species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 513-522.
page(s): 515 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 515 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Romero, P. E., Pfenninger, M., Kano, Y. & Klussmann-Kolb, A. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Panpulmonata) supports independent terrestrial invasions. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97: 43-54.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Tillier, S. & Ponder, W. F. (1992). New species of <i>Smeagol</i> from Australia and New Zealand, with a discussion of the affinities of the genus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata. <em>i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i.</em> 58(2): 135-155. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus takes its name from the pallid, sometimes subterranean Tolkien character Smeagol (whose alternative name is Gollum), a pitiable humanoid who ultimately played a very important role in saving 'Middle Earth' from evil forces. [details]
