WoRMS name details
Acamptochetus Cossmann, 1901
527524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527524)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Murex mitraeformis Brocchi, 1814 † accepted as Metula mitraeformis (Brocchi, 1814) † (type by original designation)
- Species Acamptochetus daphnelloides (Melvill & Sanden, 1903) accepted as Metula daphnelloides Melvill & Standen, 1903
- Species Acamptochetus inflatus Houbrick, 1984 accepted as Metula inflata (Houbrick, 1984) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cossmann M. (1895-1924). <i>Essais de paléoconchologie comparée</i>. Paris, published by the author. Part 1: 1-159, pl. 1-7 [1895]. Part 2: 1-179, pl. 1-8 [1896]. Part 3: 1-201, pl. 1-8 [1899]. Part 4: 1-293, pl. 1-10 [1901]. Part 6: 1-261, pl. 1-7 [1904]. Part 7: 1-261, pl. 1-14 [1906]. Part 8: 1-248, pl. 1-4 [1909]. Part 9: 1-248, pl. 1-4 [1912]. Part 10: 1-292, pl. 1-12 [1916]. Part 11: 1-388, pls 1-11 [1918]. Part 12: 1-348, pls 1-10 [1921]. Part 13: 1-345, pls 1-12 [1924]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852875
page(s): Part 4: 123. [details]
page(s): Part 4: 123. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acamptochetus Cossmann, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527524 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Cossmann M. (1895-1924). <i>Essais de paléoconchologie comparée</i>. Paris, published by the author. Part 1: 1-159, pl. 1-7 [1895]. Part 2: 1-179, pl. 1-8 [1896]. Part 3: 1-201, pl. 1-8 [1899]. Part 4: 1-293, pl. 1-10 [1901]. Part 6: 1-261, pl. 1-7 [1904]. Part 7: 1-261, pl. 1-14 [1906]. Part 8: 1-248, pl. 1-4 [1909]. Part 9: 1-248, pl. 1-4 [1912]. Part 10: 1-292, pl. 1-12 [1916]. Part 11: 1-388, pls 1-11 [1918]. Part 12: 1-348, pls 1-10 [1921]. Part 13: 1-345, pls 1-12 [1924]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852875
page(s): Part 4: 123. [details]
page(s): Part 4: 123. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Emerson, W. K. (1986). On the type species of <em>Metula</em> H. & A. Adams, 1853: <i>Buccinum clathratum</i> A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 100(1): 27–30, figs. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277226
page(s): 20. [details]
source of synonymy Kilburn, R. N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae. <em>Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22-2.
page(s): 592. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 20. [details]
source of synonymy Kilburn, R. N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae. <em>Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22-2.
page(s): 592. [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to <i>Plesiotriton</i> Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to <i>Colubraria</i> Schumacher, 1817. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 54: 1-140. [details]