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Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †
870742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870742)
accepted
Species
Bathytoma cataphracta mut. burdigalica Peyrot, 1931 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathytoma cataphracta pliodebilis Ruggieri & Curti, 1959 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathytoma cataphracta var. taurodenticulata Montanaro, 1937 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dolichotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dolichotoma cataphracta var. appenninica Sacco, 1890 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dolichotoma cataphracta var. dertogranosa Sacco, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dolichotoma subdenticulata var. reticingulata Noszky, 1940 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Moniliopsis (Bathytoma) cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Moniliopsis (Bathytoma) cataphracta orientalis Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1953 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex cataphractus Brocchi, 1814 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma cataphracta var. aquensis Grateloup, 1845 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma aquensis Grateloup, 1845
Pleurotoma cataphracta var. burdigalensis Grateloup, 1845 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma delucii Defrance, 1826 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Mutatio Bathytoma cataphracta mut. burdigalica Peyrot, 1931 † accepted as Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Mutatio Bathytoma cataphracta mut. pyrenaica Peyrot, 1931 † accepted as Bathytoma pyrenaica Peyrot, 1931 † (original rank)
- Subspecies Bathytoma cataphracta pliodebilis Ruggieri & Curti, 1959 † accepted as Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Bathytoma cataphracta var. taurodenticulata Montanaro, 1937 † accepted as Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Murex cataphractus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 427-428, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]
page(s): 427-428, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy
type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Murex cataphractus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 427-428, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma delucii Defrance, 1826 †) Defrance [J.L.M.]. (1826). Pleurotome (foss.). pp. 388-396, in: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles</i> (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 41. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25307807
page(s): 391 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma cataphracta var. aquensis Grateloup, 1845 †) Grateloup J.P.-S. (1845-1847). <i>Conchyliologie fossile des terrains tertiaires du Bassin de l'Adour (environs de Dax). 1, Univalves. Atlas</i>. Bordeaux: Lafargue. Plates 1, 3, 5-10, 12-48 and their explanatory texts [1845]; plates 2, 4, 11, pp. i-xx, and Table générale pp. 1-12 [1847]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrnnLIIEswC
page(s): pl. 20 figs 41, 43, pl. 21 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma cataphracta var. burdigalensis Grateloup, 1845 †) Grateloup J.P.-S. (1845-1847). <i>Conchyliologie fossile des terrains tertiaires du Bassin de l'Adour (environs de Dax). 1, Univalves. Atlas</i>. Bordeaux: Lafargue. Plates 1, 3, 5-10, 12-48 and their explanatory texts [1845]; plates 2, 4, 11, pp. i-xx, and Table générale pp. 1-12 [1847]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrnnLIIEswC
page(s): pl. 20 figs 41, 43, pl. 21 fig. 21 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. appenninica Sacco, 1890 †) Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. appenninica Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 279; note: based on variety A of Bellardi 1877: 232 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. dertogranosa Sacco, 1890 †) Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. dertogranosa Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 279; note: based on variety D of Bellardi 1877: 232 [details]
original description (of Bathytoma cataphracta mut. burdigalica Peyrot, 1931 †) Peyrot, A. (1931). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine (suite). <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 82(2): 73-126, 4 pls [31 March 1931]; 83: 5-116, pls 1-10 [15 September 1931].
page(s): species no. 1280, pl. 8 fig. 50 [details]
original description (of Bathytoma cataphracta var. taurodenticulata Montanaro, 1937 †) Montanaro, E. (1937). Studi monografici sulla malacologia miocenica modenese. Parte I. I molluschi tortoniani di Montegibbio (Gastropoda (seguito): Pleurotomidae. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 37: 115–192, pls 5–8 [8-11].
page(s): 163 [133], pl. 7 [10] fig. 54 [details]
original description (of Moniliopsis (Bathytoma) cataphracta orientalis Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1953 †) Csepreghy-Meznerics, I. (1953). Mittelmiozäne Pleurotomen aus Ungarn. <em>Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici.</em> 4, 5-22.
page(s): 16, pl. 3 figs 19-20 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Bathytoma cataphracta pliodebilis Ruggieri & Curti, 1959 †) Ruggieri, G. & Curti, G. (1959). La malacofauna pliocenica di Altavilla (Palermo), 2. <em>Atti dell'Academia di Scienze Lettere e Arti di Palermo.</em> 18: 99-129, pls 20-31.
page(s): 119, pl. 29 fig. 167 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma subdenticulata var. reticingulata Noszky, 1940 †) Noszky, J. (1940). A kiscelli agyag molluszka-faunája. II. Rész. Loricata, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Annales Musei nationalis hungarici, Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica.</em> 33, 1-80, pls 2.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 22(2): 103-156., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020186/CR2022022002001-.pdf
page(s): 111, pl. 6 fig. 1 [details]
additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). La familia Borsoniidae (Conoidea, Gastropoda) en el Neógeno del sur de la Península Ibérica con la propuesta de seis nuevas especies. <em>Pliocénica.</em> 6-7: 249-278.
page(s): 259, pl. 2 figs 1-6, pl. 3 figs 7-8 [details]
page(s): 427-428, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma delucii Defrance, 1826 †) Defrance [J.L.M.]. (1826). Pleurotome (foss.). pp. 388-396, in: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles</i> (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 41. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25307807
page(s): 391 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma cataphracta var. aquensis Grateloup, 1845 †) Grateloup J.P.-S. (1845-1847). <i>Conchyliologie fossile des terrains tertiaires du Bassin de l'Adour (environs de Dax). 1, Univalves. Atlas</i>. Bordeaux: Lafargue. Plates 1, 3, 5-10, 12-48 and their explanatory texts [1845]; plates 2, 4, 11, pp. i-xx, and Table générale pp. 1-12 [1847]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrnnLIIEswC
page(s): pl. 20 figs 41, 43, pl. 21 fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma cataphracta var. burdigalensis Grateloup, 1845 †) Grateloup J.P.-S. (1845-1847). <i>Conchyliologie fossile des terrains tertiaires du Bassin de l'Adour (environs de Dax). 1, Univalves. Atlas</i>. Bordeaux: Lafargue. Plates 1, 3, 5-10, 12-48 and their explanatory texts [1845]; plates 2, 4, 11, pp. i-xx, and Table générale pp. 1-12 [1847]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrnnLIIEswC
page(s): pl. 20 figs 41, 43, pl. 21 fig. 21 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. appenninica Sacco, 1890 †) Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. appenninica Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 279; note: based on variety A of Bellardi 1877: 232 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. dertogranosa Sacco, 1890 †) Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma cataphracta var. dertogranosa Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 279; note: based on variety D of Bellardi 1877: 232 [details]
original description (of Bathytoma cataphracta mut. burdigalica Peyrot, 1931 †) Peyrot, A. (1931). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine (suite). <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 82(2): 73-126, 4 pls [31 March 1931]; 83: 5-116, pls 1-10 [15 September 1931].
page(s): species no. 1280, pl. 8 fig. 50 [details]
original description (of Bathytoma cataphracta var. taurodenticulata Montanaro, 1937 †) Montanaro, E. (1937). Studi monografici sulla malacologia miocenica modenese. Parte I. I molluschi tortoniani di Montegibbio (Gastropoda (seguito): Pleurotomidae. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 37: 115–192, pls 5–8 [8-11].
page(s): 163 [133], pl. 7 [10] fig. 54 [details]
original description (of Moniliopsis (Bathytoma) cataphracta orientalis Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1953 †) Csepreghy-Meznerics, I. (1953). Mittelmiozäne Pleurotomen aus Ungarn. <em>Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici.</em> 4, 5-22.
page(s): 16, pl. 3 figs 19-20 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bathytoma cataphracta pliodebilis Ruggieri & Curti, 1959 †) Ruggieri, G. & Curti, G. (1959). La malacofauna pliocenica di Altavilla (Palermo), 2. <em>Atti dell'Academia di Scienze Lettere e Arti di Palermo.</em> 18: 99-129, pls 20-31.
page(s): 119, pl. 29 fig. 167 [details]
original description (of Dolichotoma subdenticulata var. reticingulata Noszky, 1940 †) Noszky, J. (1940). A kiscelli agyag molluszka-faunája. II. Rész. Loricata, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Annales Musei nationalis hungarici, Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica.</em> 33, 1-80, pls 2.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 22(2): 103-156., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020186/CR2022022002001-.pdf
page(s): 111, pl. 6 fig. 1 [details]
additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). La familia Borsoniidae (Conoidea, Gastropoda) en el Neógeno del sur de la Península Ibérica con la propuesta de seis nuevas especies. <em>Pliocénica.</em> 6-7: 249-278.
page(s): 259, pl. 2 figs 1-6, pl. 3 figs 7-8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) PLIOCENE. Italy, Liguria, Savona, Peagna, col...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Bathytoma cataphracta (BROCCHI, 1814); Figuré; F.A50582)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Dolichotoma cataphracta (BROCCHI, 1814); Figuré; F.B33879) (from synonym Dolichotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Bathytoma cataphracta (BROCCHI, 1814); Figuré; F.A50582)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Dolichotoma cataphracta (BROCCHI, 1814); Figuré; F.B33879) (from synonym Dolichotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †)
