WoRMS name details
Siphonium J. E. Gray, 1850
206360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206360)
unaccepted > junior homonym (of Siphonium Link, 1807)
Genus
- Subgenus Siphonium (Aletes) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Aletes P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Siphonium (Dendropoma) Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
- Species Siphonium (Dendropoma) megamastum Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861)
- Species Siphonium adamsii Mörch, 1859 accepted as Thylacodes adamsii (Mörch, 1859) (original combination)
- Species Siphonium decussatum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Thylacodes decussatus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Siphonium gaederopi Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma gaederopi (Mörch, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Siphonium lamellosum F. W. Hutton, 1873 accepted as Novastoa lamellosa (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (superseded combination)
- Species Siphonium leucozonias Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma leucozonias (Mörch, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Siphonium lituella Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Siphonium maximum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Ceraesignum maximum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Siphonium megamastum Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) (subjective synonym)
- Species Siphonium planatum Suter, 1913 accepted as Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913) (superseded combination)
- Species Siphonium platypus Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma platypus (Mörch, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Siphonium teredula Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma teredula (Mörch, 1861)
- Species Siphonium textum Mörch, 1861 accepted as Dendropoma textum (Mörch, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Siphonium luridum Mörch, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Siphonium pictum Mörch, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Siphonium scaphitella Mörch, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details] 
Status Type not designated. Generic name is invalid because preoccupied by Siphonium Link, 1807 [Cephalopoda]. For a discussion of...
Status Type not designated. Generic name is invalid because preoccupied by Siphonium Link, 1807 [Cephalopoda]. For a discussion of the name Siphonium see Keen (1980). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonium J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206360 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Keen, A.M. (1980). <i>Siphonium</i>, an over-used name in Mollusca. <i>The Festivus</i>, 12(10): 125–126. [details]
Other
additional source
Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Type not designated. Generic name is invalid because preoccupied by Siphonium Link, 1807 [Cephalopoda]. For a discussion of the name Siphonium see Keen (1980). [details]
