MolluscaBase taxon details
Supplanaxis obsoletus (Menke, 1851)
1465723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1465723)
accepted
Species
Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planaxis obsoletus Menke, 1851 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Planaxis obsoletus Menke, 1851) Menke, C. T. (1851). Conchylien von Mazatlan mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 7(11): 161-173 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 7(12): 177-190 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 8(2): 17-25 [30 June 1851]; 8(3): 33-38 [15 July 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300461
page(s): 7(11): 170 [details]
page(s): 7(11): 170 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Supplanaxis obsoletus (Menke, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1465723 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Planaxis obsoletus Menke, 1851) Menke, C. T. (1851). Conchylien von Mazatlan mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 7(11): 161-173 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 7(12): 177-190 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 8(2): 17-25 [30 June 1851]; 8(3): 33-38 [15 July 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300461
page(s): 7(11): 170 [details]
original description (of Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852) Forbes E. (1852 ["1850"]). On the marine Mollusca discovered during the voyages of the Herald and Pandora, by Capt. Kellett, R.N., and Lieut. Wood, R.N. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 270-274, pls 9, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859018
page(s): 273, pl. 11 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Strong E.E. & Bouchet P. (2020). Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of <i>Supplanaxis</i> in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 991: 85-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521 [details]
page(s): 7(11): 170 [details]
original description (of Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852) Forbes E. (1852 ["1850"]). On the marine Mollusca discovered during the voyages of the Herald and Pandora, by Capt. Kellett, R.N., and Lieut. Wood, R.N. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 270-274, pls 9, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859018
page(s): 273, pl. 11 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Strong E.E. & Bouchet P. (2020). Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of <i>Supplanaxis</i> in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 991: 85-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Supplanaxis obsoletus (Menke, 1851) Mexico, Jalisco, Bahia de los Angeles, on rocks at high tide line, collected 1967, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NHMUK collection (Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852; HOLOTYPE & PARATYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:4259108) (from synonym Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852)
To NHMUK collection (Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852; HOLOTYPE & PARATYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:4259108) (from synonym Planaxis nigritella Forbes, 1852)
