WoRMS name details
Defrancia Millet, 1827
205042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205042)
unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Defrancia Bronn, 1825 [Bryozoa]; Pleurotomoides and Lora are replacement names)
Genus
Defrancia pagoda Millet, 1827 † accepted as Pleurotomoides pagoda (Millet, 1827) † (type by subsequent designation)
Defranchia [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling by Hutton, 1877)
- Subgenus Defrancia (Clathurella) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Clathurella P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Species Defrancia aequalis Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Cyrillia aequalis (Jeffreys, 1867)
- Species Defrancia albostrigata Baird, 1873 accepted as Hemilienardia albostrigata (Baird, 1873) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia amplexa (A. Gould, 1860) accepted as Guraleus amplexus (A. Gould, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Defrancia becki Møller, 1842 accepted as Curtitoma violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Defrancia cinerea Møller, 1842 accepted as Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia cylindracea Møller, 1842 accepted as Curtitoma violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Defrancia despecta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Agathotoma neglecta (C. B. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Defrancia elegans Møller, 1842 accepted as Oenopota elegans (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia exarata Møller, 1842 accepted as Propebela exarata (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia formosa Jeffreys, 1883 accepted as Pleurotomella packardii A. E. Verrill, 1872
- Species Defrancia gracilispira E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Veprecula gracilispira (E. A. Smith, 1879) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia implicisculpta Sturany, 1896 accepted as Pleurotomella eurybrocha (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) (synonym)
- Species Defrancia intercalaris P. P. Carpenter, 1856 accepted as Glyphostoma neglecta (Hinds, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Defrancia japonica Melvill, 1895 accepted as Philbertia japonica (Melvill, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Defrancia leufroyi (Michaud, 1828) accepted as Leufroyia leufroyi (Michaud, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Defrancia linearis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Raphitoma linearis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Defrancia livida Møller, 1842 accepted as Curtitoma livida (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia luteofasciata (Reeve, 1845) sensu F. W. Hutton, 1878 accepted as Drillia sinclairi Gillies, 1882 accepted as Neoguraleus sinclairi (Gillies, 1882) (misidentification. Drillia sinclairi Gillies, 1882 is replacement name)
- Species Defrancia maculata (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Steironepion maculatum (C. B. Adams, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Defrancia mauritiana G. B. Sowerby III, 1893 accepted as Kermia producta (Pease, 1860) accepted as Pseudodaphnella producta (Pease, 1860)
- Species Defrancia nobilis Møller, 1842 accepted as Propebela nobilis (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia nodulosa Jeffreys, 1882 accepted as Cymatosyrinx nodulosa (Jeffreys, 1882)
- Species Defrancia pingelii Møller, 1842 accepted as Oenopota pingelii (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia ponsonbyi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Clathurella ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Defrancia quadrata (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Glyphoturris quadrata (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Defrancia quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Cryoturris quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Species Defrancia reticulata (Renier, 1804) accepted as Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) † (unavailable name (published in a work rejected by ICZN))
- Species Defrancia scalarina (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Etrema scalarina (Deshayes, 1863)
- Species Defrancia scalaris Møller, 1842 accepted as Propebela scalaris (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia serrata P. P. Carpenter, 1856 accepted as Clathurella rava (Hinds, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Defrancia tessellata (Hinds, 1843) accepted as Kermia tessellata (Hinds, 1843)
- Species Defrancia texta Dunker, 1860 accepted as Etrema texta (Dunker, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia vahli Møller, 1842 accepted as Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Defrancia woodiana Møller, 1842 accepted as Obesotoma woodiana (Møller, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Defrancia abyssicola (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Pleurotoma abyssicola Reeve, 1844 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Defrancia convexa Jeffreys, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Defrancia infracincta G. B. Sowerby III, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Defrancia secta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Defrancia tenella Jeffreys, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Millet P.-A. (1827) Mémoire sur un nouveaux genre (Defrancia) de coquilles de la familie de Zoophages. <i>Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris</i>, 5: 437–441, pl. 9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3860698
page(s): 437 [details]
page(s): 437 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Defrancia Millet, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205042 on 2025-04-29
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Millet P.-A. (1827) Mémoire sur un nouveaux genre (Defrancia) de coquilles de la familie de Zoophages. <i>Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris</i>, 5: 437–441, pl. 9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3860698
page(s): 437 [details]
page(s): 437 [details]