MolluscaBase - Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)

MSBIAS taxon details

Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fossarus ambiguus

AphiaID

139998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139998)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fossarus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Original name

Helix ambigua Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 775 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139998 on 2025-05-14

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139998 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-16 07:42:42Z

checked

Wambiji, Nina

2008-05-17 14:57:54Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 775 [details] Available for editors

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1990). Anatomy, reproductive biology and systematic position of Fossarus ambiguus (Linné) (Fossarinae: Planaxidae; Prosobranchia). Açoreana, suplemento. 1990: 59-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8093 [details]

additional source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 79. [details]