AfReMaS taxon details
Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858
518819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:518819)
accepted
Family
- Genus Brechites Guettard, 1770
- Genus Nipponoclava B. J. Smith, 1976
- Genus Verpa Röding, 1798
- Genus Penicillus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Verpa Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Penicillus Guettard, 1770 [Polychaeta])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1858). On the families of Aspergillidae, Gastrochaenidae and Humphreyiadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 307-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271839
page(s): 312; note: as Penicillina [details]
page(s): 312; note: as Penicillina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518819 on 2025-05-16
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Penicillidae J. E. Gray, 1858. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518819 on 2025-05-16
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Gray, J.E. (1858). On the families of Aspergillidae, Gastrochaenidae and Humphreyiadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 307-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271839
page(s): 312; note: as Penicillina [details]
basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
basis of record Morton, B. & Machado, F.M. (2021). The origins, relationships, evolution and conservation of the weirdest marine bivalves: The watering pot shells. A review. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 88: 137-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2021.03.001 [details]
page(s): 312; note: as Penicillina [details]
basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
basis of record Morton, B. & Machado, F.M. (2021). The origins, relationships, evolution and conservation of the weirdest marine bivalves: The watering pot shells. A review. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 88: 137-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2021.03.001 [details]
