MolluscaBase - Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)

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Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

527556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527556)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fissurella Bruguière, 1789

Original name

Patella picta Gmelin, 1791

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Subspecies Fissurella picta lata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
Subspecies Fissurella picta picta (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527556 on 2025-05-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527556 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-30 11:37:55Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

basis of record Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]

additional source McLean, J. H. (1984). Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 354: 1-70. [29 October 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/226839
page(s): 37 [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1891). Note on Fissurella picta Gmel. The Nautilus. 5(7): 82-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788878 [details]