WoRMS taxon details
Scissurella costata A. d'Orbigny, 1824
141420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141420)
accepted
Species
Argonauta uniumbilicatus O. G. Costa, 1830 · unaccepted
Delphinula calcaroides Cantraine, 1842 · unaccepted
Padollus orbigny O. G. Costa, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scissurella (Scissurella) costata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856 · unaccepted
Scissurella decipiens O. G. Costa, 1861 · unaccepted
Scissurella decussata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 † · unaccepted
Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836 · unaccepted
Scissurella elegans A. d'Orbigny, 1824 † · unaccepted
Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 · unaccepted
Scissurella plicata R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted
Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709
page(s): 343; pl. 23 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 343; pl. 23 fig. 1 [details]
Note Mediterranean
Type locality Mediterranean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scissurella costata A. d'Orbigny, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141420 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709
page(s): 343; pl. 23 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scissurella elegans A. d'Orbigny, 1824 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709 [details]
original description (of Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709
page(s): 342-343; pl. 23 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]
original description (of Scissurella decussata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709 [details]
original description (of Scissurella plicata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
original description (of Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC
page(s): 16-17 [details]
original description (of Delphinula calcaroides Cantraine, 1842) Cantraine, F. J. (1842). Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles soit natives soit fossiles, appartenant au bassin méditerranéen. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 9(2): 340-349., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=gKxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA340 [details]
original description (of Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856) Jeffreys, J. G. (1856). Note on the genus <i>Scissurella</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 17: 319-322.
page(s): 181; pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scissurella decipiens O. G. Costa, 1861) Costa, O. G. (1861). Microdoride mediterranea; o, Descrizione de poco ben conosciuti od affatto ignoti viventi minuti e micoscropici del Meditterraneo, pel professore O. G. Costa. Tomo primo. Con tredici tavole. i-xviii, 1-80. Stamperia dell'Iride, Napoli., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47094 [details]
original description (of Argonauta uniumbilicatus O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): lxi, lxiii [details]
original description (of Padollus orbigny O. G. Costa, 1838) Costa O. G. (1838-1873). Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano contenente la descrizione de nuovi o poco esattamente conosciuti con figure ricavate da originali viventi e dipinte. [Fauna of the Kingdom of Naples or enumeration of all the animals that inhabit the different regions of this kingdom and the waters that bathe them containing the description of new or little exactly known ones with figures taken from living originals and painted]. <em>In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli.</em> [325 pp. with each chapter paginated separately, 42 pl. also numbered separately according to chapters]., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?PID=PPN62065239X [details]
basis of record Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 80 [details]
page(s): 343; pl. 23 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scissurella elegans A. d'Orbigny, 1824 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709 [details]
original description (of Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709
page(s): 342-343; pl. 23 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]
original description (of Scissurella decussata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> ser. 2, 1: 340-345., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4197709 [details]
original description (of Scissurella plicata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
original description (of Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC
page(s): 16-17 [details]
original description (of Delphinula calcaroides Cantraine, 1842) Cantraine, F. J. (1842). Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles soit natives soit fossiles, appartenant au bassin méditerranéen. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 9(2): 340-349., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=gKxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA340 [details]
original description (of Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856) Jeffreys, J. G. (1856). Note on the genus <i>Scissurella</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 17: 319-322.
page(s): 181; pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scissurella decipiens O. G. Costa, 1861) Costa, O. G. (1861). Microdoride mediterranea; o, Descrizione de poco ben conosciuti od affatto ignoti viventi minuti e micoscropici del Meditterraneo, pel professore O. G. Costa. Tomo primo. Con tredici tavole. i-xviii, 1-80. Stamperia dell'Iride, Napoli., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47094 [details]
original description (of Argonauta uniumbilicatus O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): lxi, lxiii [details]
original description (of Padollus orbigny O. G. Costa, 1838) Costa O. G. (1838-1873). Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano contenente la descrizione de nuovi o poco esattamente conosciuti con figure ricavate da originali viventi e dipinte. [Fauna of the Kingdom of Naples or enumeration of all the animals that inhabit the different regions of this kingdom and the waters that bathe them containing the description of new or little exactly known ones with figures taken from living originals and painted]. <em>In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli.</em> [325 pp. with each chapter paginated separately, 42 pl. also numbered separately according to chapters]., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?PID=PPN62065239X [details]
basis of record Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 80 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Geiger, D.L. (2012). Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. <i>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs</i>. Number 7. [30 October 2012]. [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Nicklès, M. (1950). <i>Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique</i>. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.
page(s): 36. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nicklès, M. (1950). <i>Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique</i>. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.
page(s): 36. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mediterranean [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scissurella decussata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824 Italy, Campania, Salerno, Capo Palinuro, at 22 ...
To Malacopics (Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824 Spain, Cataluña, Girona, La Escala, Cala de Mon...
To NHMUK collection (Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2796082) (from synonym Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella decipiens O. G. Costa, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Padollus orbigny O. G. Costa, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella plicata R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Delphinula calcaroides Cantraine, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scissurella decussata A. d'Orbigny, 1824 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824 Italy, Campania, Salerno, Capo Palinuro, at 22 ...
To Malacopics (Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824 Spain, Cataluña, Girona, La Escala, Cala de Mon...
To NHMUK collection (Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2796082) (from synonym Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella decipiens O. G. Costa, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Padollus orbigny O. G. Costa, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella plicata R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Delphinula calcaroides Cantraine, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella striatula R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Scissurella laevigata A. d'Orbigny, 1824)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
![Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824Specimen from Piedras del Charco, Almería, Spain (actual size 2 mm) [SEM]](https://images.marinespecies.org/thumbs/70158_scissurella-costata-dorbigny-1824specimen-from-piedras-del.jpg?w=442 "Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824Specimen from Piedras del Charco, Almería, Spain (actual size 2 mm) [SEM]")
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 laevigata.jpg "To Malacopics (Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824 Italy, Campania, Salerno, Capo Palinuro, at 22 ...")
