MolluscaBase - Oxytrema silicula (A. Gould, 1847)

MolluscaBase name details

Oxytrema silicula (A. Gould, 1847)

AphiaID

1381381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1381381)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Juga silicula (A. Gould, 1847) accepted as Juga plicifera (I. Lea, 1838)

Rank

Species

Parent

Oxytrema Rafinesque, 1819 accepted as Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818

Original name

Melania silicula A. Gould, 1847

Environment

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

Original description

(of Melania silicula A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 224 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oxytrema silicula (A. Gould, 1847). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1381381 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-10-07 22:21:20Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-24 01:24:50Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Melania silicula A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 224 [details]