MolluscaBase - Plejona Röding, 1798

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Plejona Röding, 1798

AphiaID

382407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382407)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Voluta Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Volutini Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Plejona Röding, 1798

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Subgenus Plejona (Volutocorbis) Dall, 1890 accepted as Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall, 1890 † represented as Athleta Conrad, 1853
1. Species Plejona (Volutocorbis) olssoni F. B. Plummer, 1933 † accepted as Volutocorbis olssoni (F. B. Plummer, 1933) †
Species Plejona bouei (Deshayes, 1865) † accepted as Eovoluta bouei (Deshayes, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plejona hornesi (Deshayes, 1865) † accepted as Voluta hornesi Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plejona maculata Röding, 1798 accepted as Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Plejona mitrata (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Pseudaulicina mitrata (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plejona musicalis (Lamarck, 1803) † accepted as Pseudaulicina musicalis (Lamarck, 1803) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plejona quinqueplicata (Bayan, 1870) † accepted as Voluta quinqueplicata Bayan, 1870 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plejona wateleti (Deshayes, 1865) † accepted as Voluta wateleti Deshayes, 1865 † accepted as Pseudaulicina wateleti (Deshayes, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Plejona risor H. J. Finlay, 1927 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plejona Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382407 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-08 11:34:15Z

created

Bail, Patrice

2009-02-10 18:46:16Z

changed

Bail, Patrice

2014-02-16 17:19:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-12-27 19:06:32Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2021-11-05 22:39:58Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]

additional source Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172
page(s): 143 [details]