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Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939
139962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139962)
accepted
Species
Emarginula cristata Coen, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
Emarginula elongata O. G. Costa, 1829 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Emarginula elongata Defrance, 1819, and E. elongata Gray, 1825
Emarginula ornata Millet, 1865 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Emarginula ornata Deshayes, 1831
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. <i>Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10)</i>: 69-72, 1 pl. [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from S. Spain to Morocco; Mediterranean (from nearshore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe seamount (rare in 70-180) m.
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from S. Spain to Morocco; Mediterranean (from nearshore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe seamount (rare in 70-180) m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139962 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. <i>Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10)</i>: 69-72, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Emarginula elongata O. G. Costa, 1829) Costa O.G. (1829). Osservazioni Zoologiche intorno ai testacei dell'Isola di Pantelleria. Napoli, Tipografia della Minerva 12 pp.
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Emarginula cristata Coen, 1939) Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. <i>Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10)</i>: 69-72, 1 pl. [details]
additional source Piani P. (1985). Revisione del genere <i>Emarginula</i> Lamarck, 1801 in Mediterraneo. <i>Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21</i>: 193-238 [dated 1984 on front page], available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Lavosi%20SIM/LavoriSIM_1985/Lavori%20SIM%201984%20193-238%20-%20Piani,%20Revisione%20del%20genere%20Emarginula.pdf [details]
additional source Landau B.M., Van Dingenen F. & Ceulemans L. (2017). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 1. Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 17(2): 75-166. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18 (2): 177-368.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sacchetti, C., Landau, B. & Ávila, S. P. (2023). The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5295(1): 1-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1
page(s): 24, pl. 1 figs B1-B2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Emarginula elongata O. G. Costa, 1829) Costa O.G. (1829). Osservazioni Zoologiche intorno ai testacei dell'Isola di Pantelleria. Napoli, Tipografia della Minerva 12 pp.
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Emarginula cristata Coen, 1939) Coen G. (1939). «Emarginulae» nuove del Mediterraneo. <i>Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 3(10)</i>: 69-72, 1 pl. [details]
additional source Piani P. (1985). Revisione del genere <i>Emarginula</i> Lamarck, 1801 in Mediterraneo. <i>Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21</i>: 193-238 [dated 1984 on front page], available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Lavosi%20SIM/LavoriSIM_1985/Lavori%20SIM%201984%20193-238%20-%20Piani,%20Revisione%20del%20genere%20Emarginula.pdf [details]
additional source Landau B.M., Van Dingenen F. & Ceulemans L. (2017). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 1. Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 17(2): 75-166. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18 (2): 177-368.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sacchetti, C., Landau, B. & Ávila, S. P. (2023). The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5295(1): 1-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1
page(s): 24, pl. 1 figs B1-B2 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology Type of larval development: short planktonic, non-planktotrophic [details]Diagnosis Shell 10-12 mm long, with oval-elongate contour and moderately elevated profile, apex close to posterior margin, moderately coiled and not overhanging. Sculpture of high, strong radial costae, some smaller radial costae intercalated on the sides, and comarginal lamellae forming a very coarse lattice with the costae. Slit broad and rectangular, extending over 1/5 of the distance to apex. Colour white. [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from S. Spain to Morocco; Mediterranean (from nearshore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe seamount (rare in 70-180) m. [details]
To Conchology (Emarginula octaviana cf.)
To Conchology (Emarginula octaviana)
To Malacopics (Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939 Italy, Lazio, Roma, Secche di Tor Paterno, at 47 m depth, collected 1998, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Conchology (Emarginula octaviana)
To Malacopics (Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939 Italy, Lazio, Roma, Secche di Tor Paterno, at 47 m depth, collected 1998, ex coll. J. Trausel)
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