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Mammilla Schumacher, 1817
568304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568304)
accepted
Genus
Mammilla fasciata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798) (type by monotypy)
Mamilla [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of generic name)
Naticaria Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Polinices (Mammilla) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Ruma J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Mammilla caprae (R. A. Philippi, 1852)
- Species Mammilla dijki (K. Martin, 1914) †
- Species Mammilla fibrosa (J. E. Gray, 1850)
- Species Mammilla indica Bozzetti, 2022
- Species Mammilla kurodai (Iw. Taki, 1943)
- Species Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
- Species Mammilla maura (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mammilla melanostomoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Species Mammilla mikawaensis M. Azuma, 1961
- Species Mammilla priamus (Récluz, 1844)
- Species Mammilla sebae (Récluz, 1844)
- Species Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)
- Species Mammilla subfilosa (van Regteren Altena, 1941) †
- Species Mammilla syrphetodes (Kilburn, 1976)
- Species Mammilla bernardii (Récluz, 1851) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mammilla carnatica Stoliczka, 1868 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mammilla americana Wade, 1926 † accepted as Gyrodes americanus (Wade, 1926) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mammilla edura Stoliczka, 1868 † accepted as Gyrodes edura (Stoliczka, 1868) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mammilla fasciata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Mammilla mammata (Röding, 1798)
- Species Mammilla mamillaris Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Natica mamillaris auct. non Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Polinices hepaticus (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mammilla plumatilis Iredale, 1936 accepted as Mammilla fibrosa (J. E. Gray, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mammilla propesimiae Iredale, 1929 accepted as Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
recent + fossil
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 58, 190 [details]
page(s): 58, 190 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mammilla Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568304 on 2026-09-21
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original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 58, 190 [details]
original description (of Ruma J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Naticaria Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [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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status source Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within <i>Polinices s.l.</i> (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. <i>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution</i> 12: 349-375. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 58, 190 [details]
original description (of Ruma J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Naticaria Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [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
[request]status source Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within <i>Polinices s.l.</i> (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. <i>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution</i> 12: 349-375. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 [details] Available for editors
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