MolluscaBase - Volutopsius Mörch, 1857

ERMS taxon details

Volutopsius Mörch, 1857

AphiaID

137715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137715)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Fusus largillierti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 accepted as Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Volutopsiinae Habe & Sato, 1973

Original name

Fusus (Volutopsius) Mörch, 1857

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Species Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Volutopsius scotiae Fraussen, McKay & Drewery, 2013
Species Volutopsius deformis (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Pyrulofusus deformis (Reeve, 1847)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

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): 85 [13 in reprint] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Volutopsius Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137715 on 2025-05-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Volutopsius Mörch, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137715 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-08-10 10:14:45Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2013-12-08 20:22:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-03-11 20:44:45Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2017-09-15 06:39:16Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-07-19 15:47:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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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): 85 [13 in reprint] [details]