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Amauropsis Mörch, 1857
138236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138236)
accepted
Genus
Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
Acrybia (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Amaura (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Amauropsis (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Bulbus (Amauropsis) Morch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Choristes P. P. Carpenter, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mamma (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Natica (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Polynices (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Amauropsis altispira (Gabb, 1873) †
- Species Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906)
- Species Amauropsis apora (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Amauropsis bransfieldensis (Preston, 1916)
- Species Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897)
- Species Amauropsis georgiana (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004 †
- Species Amauropsis powelli Dell, 1990
- Species Amauropsis prasina (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Amauropsis punctata (Gabb, 1860) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Phasianella punctata L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
- Species Amauropsis rossiana E. A. Smith, 1907
- Species Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877)
- Species Amauropsis subpallescens (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Amauropsis abeihensis Hamlin, 1884 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis amoena J. Böhm, 1891 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis andersoni Dickerson, 1914 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis compacta J. A. Gardner, 1916 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis godfroyi (E. Lamy, 1910) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Amauropsis gradata Hamlin, 1884 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis jacksonensis G. D. Harris, 1896 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson, 1914 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis ocalana (Dall, 1892) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis subcanaliculata Hamlin, 1884 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Amauropsis umpquaensis Dickerson, 1914 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Amauropsis (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 accepted as Amauropsis Mörch, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Amauropsis (Amauropsis) rossiana E.A. Smith, 1907 accepted as Amauropsis rossiana E. A. Smith, 1907 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Amauropsis (Kerguelenatica) A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Kerguelenatica A. W. B. Powell, 1951 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Amauropsis arenacea (O. Fraas, 1861) † accepted as Omphaloptycha arenacea (O. Fraas, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis calypso (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Oonia calypso (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis cornea (Möller, 1842) accepted as Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amauropsis globulus Angas, 1880 accepted as Alexania globula (Angas, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis lirata Wade, 1926 † accepted as Pseudamaura lirata (Wade, 1926) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis moerchi A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (original combination)
- Species Amauropsis oviformis Gabb, 1864 † accepted as Ampullina oviformis (Gabb, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis perscalpta (E. von Martens, 1878) accepted as Natica perscalpta E. von Martens, 1878
- Species Amauropsis pseudoalveata E. L. Packard, 1922 † accepted as Ampullina pseudoalveata (E. L. Packard, 1922) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis purpurea Dall, 1871 accepted as Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Amauropsis singleyi G. D. Harris, 1895 † accepted as Amaurellina singleyi (G. D. Harris, 1895) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956) accepted as Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881) accepted as Falsilunatia xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amauropsis zelandica Bloklander, 1949 † accepted as Phasianema zelandicum (Bloklander, 1949) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Mamma (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amauropsis Mörch, 1857. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138236 on 2026-09-06
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original description
(of Choristes P. P. Carpenter, 1872) Dawson J.W. (1872). The post-Pliocene geology of Canada. Sub-kingdom Mollusca. <em>The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science.</em> (n.s.)6(4): 369-416., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7714469 [details]
original description (of Mamma (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Natica (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]
taxonomy source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
original description (of Mamma (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Natica (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 81 [details]
taxonomy source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
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