MolluscaBase - Bellardiella gracilis (Montagu, 1803)

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Bellardiella gracilis (Montagu, 1803)

AphiaID

1437110 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1437110)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded generic combination)

Accepted name

Pleurotomoides gracilis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank

Species

Parent

Bellardiella P. Fischer, 1883 accepted as Comarmondia Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Pleurotomoides Bronn, 1831

Original name

Murex gracilis Montagu, 1803

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Variety Bellardiella gracilis var. obsoletecostata (Sacco, 1890) † accepted as Pleurotomoides gracilis (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Murex gracilis Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 267, pl. 15 fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bellardiella gracilis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437110 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-05-24 20:05:54Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-12-25 20:23:31Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Murex gracilis Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 267, pl. 15 fig. 5 [details]

basis of record Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 255 [details]