WoRMS taxon details
Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890
493067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493067)
accepted
Species
Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1910 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym, and...)
invalid: junior homonym, and junior subjective synonym, of Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890; S. smithi is a replacement name
Scissurella smithi Thiele, 1912 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, E. A. (1890). Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1890(2): 247-317, pls. 21-24., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014404
page(s): 311-312, pl. 24, fig. 22, 22a. [details]
page(s): 311-312, pl. 24, fig. 22, 22a. [details]
Type locality contained in St. Helena and Ascension Islands
type locality contained in St. Helena and Ascension Islands (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493067 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, E. A. (1890). Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1890(2): 247-317, pls. 21-24., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014404
page(s): 311-312, pl. 24, fig. 22, 22a. [details]
original description (of Scissurella smithi Thiele, 1912) Thiele, J. (1912-1919). Scissurelliden und Fissurelliden. In: Küster H.C., Martini F.H.W. & Chemnitz J.H. (Eds.), Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 2nd Edition, 2 (4a), pp. 1–168, pls. 1–20. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg [pp. 1–36, pls. 1– 4, 1912; pp. 37–68, pls. 5–8, 1913; pp. 69–104, pls. 9–12, 1915; pp. 105–144, pls. 13–16, 1916; pp. 145–168 (ends mid-sentence), pls. 17–20, 1919, dates from Bieler & Boss (1989)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51325773
page(s): 7, pl. 1 fig. 14-15; note: replacement name for Scissurella jucunda Smith, 1910, non Smith, 1890 [details]
original description (of Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1910) Smith, E. A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 2: 175-220, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322967 [details]
page(s): 311-312, pl. 24, fig. 22, 22a. [details]
original description (of Scissurella smithi Thiele, 1912) Thiele, J. (1912-1919). Scissurelliden und Fissurelliden. In: Küster H.C., Martini F.H.W. & Chemnitz J.H. (Eds.), Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 2nd Edition, 2 (4a), pp. 1–168, pls. 1–20. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg [pp. 1–36, pls. 1– 4, 1912; pp. 37–68, pls. 5–8, 1913; pp. 69–104, pls. 9–12, 1915; pp. 105–144, pls. 13–16, 1916; pp. 145–168 (ends mid-sentence), pls. 17–20, 1919, dates from Bieler & Boss (1989)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51325773
page(s): 7, pl. 1 fig. 14-15; note: replacement name for Scissurella jucunda Smith, 1910, non Smith, 1890 [details]
original description (of Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1910) Smith, E. A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 2: 175-220, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322967 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Geiger, D.L. (2012). Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. <i>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs</i>. Number 7. [30 October 2012]. [details]
Other
additional source
Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Yaron, I. (1983). A review of the Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Red Sea. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie.</em> 84: 263-279., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_84B_0263-0279.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Herbert, D. G. (1986). A revision of the Southern African Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(2): 601-632., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_432
page(s): 621, 622; note: lectotype designated [details]
[request]additional source Yaron, I. (1983). A review of the Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Red Sea. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie.</em> 84: 263-279., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_84B_0263-0279.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Herbert, D. G. (1986). A revision of the Southern African Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(2): 601-632., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_432
page(s): 621, 622; note: lectotype designated [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
