MolluscaBase - Marginella (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840

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Marginella (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

474123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:474123)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Gibberula Swainson, 1840

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Marginella Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Gibberula Swainson, 1840

Direct children (9)

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Species Marginella (Gibberula) boettgeri Maltzan, 1884 accepted as Gibberula boettgeri (Maltzan, 1884) (basionym)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) charbarensis Melvill, 1897 accepted as Volvarina charbarensis (Melvill, 1897) (basionym)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) lachrimula A. Gould, 1862 accepted as Pugnus lachrimula (A. Gould, 1862) (superseded combination)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) lucida Marrat, 1877 accepted as Hyalina lucida (Marrat, 1877) (basionym)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) mazagonica Melvill, 1893 accepted as Gibberula mazagonica (Melvill, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) nana Marrat, 1877 accepted as Gibberula quadrifasciata (Marrat, 1873) (junior synonym)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) replicata Melvill, 1912 accepted as Canalispira replicata (Melvill, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Marginella (Gibberula) trinitatensis Mansfield, 1925 † represented as Marginella trinitatensis Mansfield, 1925 †
Species Marginella (Gibberula) liliputana Maltzan, 1884 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent literature currently undocumented)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Gibberula Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 323 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marginella (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474123 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-03 11:58:01Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-05-05 09:22:12Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-13 11:32:11Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2017-06-01 04:51:07Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Gibberula Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 323 [details]