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Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
564560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564560)
accepted
Species
Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Murex australis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Pelicaria acuminata (Marwick, 1924) † · unaccepted (synonym)
Pelicaria convexa (Marwick, 1924) † · unaccepted (synonym)
Pelicaria fossa (Marwick, 1924) † · unaccepted (synonym)
Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pelicaria vermis bradleyi (Neef, 1970) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pelicaria vermis flemingi (Neef, 1970) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pelicaria vermis grahami (Neef, 1970) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pelicaria vermis powelli (Neef, 1970) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pelicaria vermis vermis (Martyn, 1784) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis (Martyn, 1784) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vellae Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) wellmani Neef, 1970 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria inermis G. B. Sowerby I, 1821 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria tricarinata R. P. Lesson, 1841 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Struthiolaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria vermis flemingi Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria vermis grahami Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria vermis powelli Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria vermis vellai Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Struthiolaria vermis wellmani Neef, 1970 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pelicaria vermis bradleyi (Neef, 1970) accepted as Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pelicaria vermis flemingi (Neef, 1970) accepted as Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pelicaria vermis grahami (Neef, 1970) accepted as Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pelicaria vermis powelli (Neef, 1970) accepted as Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pelicaria vermis vermis (Martyn, 1784) accepted as Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
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page(s): fig. 53 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564560 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Murex australis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3542 [details]
original description (of Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): fig. 53 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria inermis G. B. Sowerby I, 1821) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): pl. 222, figs 3, 4 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria tricarinata R. P. Lesson, 1841) Lesson, R.P. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques nouveaux. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2) 16 (Zoologie): 253–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730713
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 189 [details]
original description (of Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953 †) Vella, P. (1953). The genus Pelicaria in the Tertiary of east Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81: 35-48.
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953 †) Vella, P. (1953). The genus Pelicaria in the Tertiary of east Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81: 35-48.
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 467 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 462 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 465 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 465 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vellae Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 468 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) wellmani Neef, 1970 †) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 472 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 40(3-4): 59-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2010.500717
page(s): 102 [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 351 [details]
page(s): 3542 [details]
original description (of Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): fig. 53 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria inermis G. B. Sowerby I, 1821) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): pl. 222, figs 3, 4 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria tricarinata R. P. Lesson, 1841) Lesson, R.P. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques nouveaux. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2) 16 (Zoologie): 253–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730713
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). The Struthiolariidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 55: 161-190.
page(s): 189 [details]
original description (of Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953 †) Vella, P. (1953). The genus Pelicaria in the Tertiary of east Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81: 35-48.
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953 †) Vella, P. (1953). The genus Pelicaria in the Tertiary of east Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81: 35-48.
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 467 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 462 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 465 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 465 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vellae Neef, 1970) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 468 [details]
original description (of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) wellmani Neef, 1970 †) Neef, G. (1970). Notes on the subgenus Pelicaria. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 13: 436–476.
page(s): 472 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. (2010). Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 40(3-4): 59-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2010.500717
page(s): 102 [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 351 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Use of name from Martyn (1784) validated by ICZN Opinion 479. [details]
To Malacopics (Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) New Zealand, Northland, Taipa, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001137; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vellae Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria vermis vellai Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.002397; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.012124; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.023562; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.023563; Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784); holotype of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001137; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vellae Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria vermis vellai Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.002397; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.012124; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis flemingi Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.023562; Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970; holotype) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis grahami Neef, 1970)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.023563; Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784); holotype of Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970) (from synonym Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis powelli Neef, 1970)
