WoRMS taxon details
Circulus laevis (Kiener, 1838)
1591587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1591587)
accepted
Species
Cyclophorus diatretus (A. Gould, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclostoma diatretum A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclostrema lacteum Jousseaume, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclostrema laeve (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted
Cyclostrema laevis [sic] (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Delphinula laevis Kiener, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
Delphinula nivea Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Fijiopoma diatretum (A. Gould, 1847) · unaccepted
Pygmaeorota (Pygmaeorota) laevis (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted
Pygmaeorota laevis (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Delphinula laevis Kiener, 1838) Kiener, L.C. (1838). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 10. Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turritelle (Turritella, Lam.), pp. 1-46, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-46 (1844), pl. 1-3, 5, 7-14 (1843), 4, 6 (1844)]; Scalaire (Scalaria, Lam.), pp. 1-22, pl. 1-7 [all (1838)]; Cadran (Solarium,Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [all (1838)]; Roulette (Rotella, Lam.), pp. 1-10, pl. 1-3 [all (1838)]; Dauphinule (Dephinula, Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [pp. 1-10 (1838), 11-12 (1842); pl. 1 (1837), 2-4 (1838]; Phasianelle (Phasianella, Lam.), pp. 1-11, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-11 (1850); pl. 1-3, 5 (1847), 4 (1848)]; Famille des Plicacées de Lamarck, et des Trochoides de Cuvier. Genre Tornatelle (Tornatella, Lamarck), pp. 3-6, pl. 1 [all (1834)]; Genre Pyramidelle (Pyramidella), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; [Famille des Myacées.] Genre Thracie (Thracia, Leach), pp. 1-7, pl. 1-2 [all (1834)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19879
page(s): Delphinula p. 12, pl. 4, fig. 6. [details]
page(s): Delphinula p. 12, pl. 4, fig. 6. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Circulus laevis (Kiener, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1591587 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Delphinula laevis Kiener, 1838) Kiener, L.C. (1838). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 10. Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turritelle (Turritella, Lam.), pp. 1-46, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-46 (1844), pl. 1-3, 5, 7-14 (1843), 4, 6 (1844)]; Scalaire (Scalaria, Lam.), pp. 1-22, pl. 1-7 [all (1838)]; Cadran (Solarium,Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [all (1838)]; Roulette (Rotella, Lam.), pp. 1-10, pl. 1-3 [all (1838)]; Dauphinule (Dephinula, Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [pp. 1-10 (1838), 11-12 (1842); pl. 1 (1837), 2-4 (1838]; Phasianelle (Phasianella, Lam.), pp. 1-11, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-11 (1850); pl. 1-3, 5 (1847), 4 (1848)]; Famille des Plicacées de Lamarck, et des Trochoides de Cuvier. Genre Tornatelle (Tornatella, Lamarck), pp. 3-6, pl. 1 [all (1834)]; Genre Pyramidelle (Pyramidella), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; [Famille des Myacées.] Genre Thracie (Thracia, Leach), pp. 1-7, pl. 1-2 [all (1834)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19879
page(s): Delphinula p. 12, pl. 4, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma diatretum A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 205. [details]
original description (of Cyclostrema lacteum Jousseaume, 1872) Jousseaume, F. (1872). Etude des genres Teinostoma, Cyclostrema et Skenea. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. ser. 2, 23: 331-338, 388-396, pls 18-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35488885
page(s): 388, pl. 19 fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Delphinula nivea Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus Delphinula. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1., pls 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pls 1-2, June 1843; pl. 3, July 1843; pls 4-5, October 1843]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119439
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 26; note: unnecessary substitute name for Delphinula laevis [details]
new combination reference Rubio, F. & Rolán, E. (2022). New species of Vitrinellidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Indo-Pacific. The genus Circulus Jeffreys, 1865. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Santiago de Compostela. 422 pp. , available online at https://zenodo.org/records/8423155
page(s): 246, figs H13-H17 [details]
page(s): Delphinula p. 12, pl. 4, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma diatretum A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 205. [details]
original description (of Cyclostrema lacteum Jousseaume, 1872) Jousseaume, F. (1872). Etude des genres Teinostoma, Cyclostrema et Skenea. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. ser. 2, 23: 331-338, 388-396, pls 18-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35488885
page(s): 388, pl. 19 fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Delphinula nivea Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus Delphinula. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1., pls 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pls 1-2, June 1843; pl. 3, July 1843; pls 4-5, October 1843]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119439
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 26; note: unnecessary substitute name for Delphinula laevis [details]
new combination reference Rubio, F. & Rolán, E. (2022). New species of Vitrinellidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Indo-Pacific. The genus Circulus Jeffreys, 1865. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Santiago de Compostela. 422 pp. , available online at https://zenodo.org/records/8423155
page(s): 246, figs H13-H17 [details]





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