MolluscaBase - Gegania Jeffreys, 1884

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Gegania Jeffreys, 1884

AphiaID

517232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517232)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Tuba I. Lea, 1833

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Gegania pinguis Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Tuba pinguis (Jeffreys, 1884) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Mathildidae Dall, 1889

Original name

Gegania Jeffreys, 1884

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Species Gegania pinguis Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Tuba pinguis (Jeffreys, 1884)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Jeffreys, J. G. (1884). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1884: 341-372, pl. 26-28., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28690228
page(s): 365 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gegania Jeffreys, 1884. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517232 on 2025-05-14

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gegania Jeffreys, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517232 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-09-10 12:28:10Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-20 06:06:21Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-04-12 11:42:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-11-29 19:32:19Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2023-12-26 19:46:06Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-03-02 09:08:05Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description Jeffreys, J. G. (1884). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1884: 341-372, pl. 26-28., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28690228
page(s): 365 [details]

source of synonymy Harzhauser, M. & Landau, B. (2023). The Architectonicidae and Mathildidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea—victims of the Miocene Climatic Transition. Zootaxa. 5370(1): 1-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5370.1.1 [details] Available for editors