MolluscaBase name details
Sigaretus elegans Hupé, 1854 †
1598706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598706)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior primary homonym of Sigaretus elegans Blainville, 1827)
Species
Sigaretus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Sinum Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, <i>In:</i> Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 226, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 226, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
Holotype MNHN MNHN-Gg2002/79, geounit Chile
Holotype MNHN MNHN-Gg2002/79, geounit Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sigaretus elegans Hupé, 1854 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598706 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, <i>In:</i> Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 226, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 297, pl. 23, fig. 22-23 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 226, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 297, pl. 23, fig. 22-23 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype MNHN MNHN-Gg2002/79, geounit Chile [details]
