WoRMS name details
Elenchus Swainson, 1840
580344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:580344)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Elenchus Curtis, 1831 [Coleoptera], and junior objective synonym of Cantharidus)
Genus
Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784) (type by subsequent designation)
Eleuchus [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Monodonta (Elenchus) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Elenchus (Phasianotrochus) P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Phasianotrochus P. Fischer, 1885 (original rank)
- Subgenus Elenchus (Thalotia) Gray, 1847 accepted as Thalotia Gray, 1847
- Species Elenchus dilatatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Cantharidus dilatatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (superseded combination)
- Species Elenchus exiguus A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Alcyna exigua (A. Gould, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Elenchus ocellatus A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Phasianotrochus eximius (G. Perry, 1811) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Elenchus rutilus A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Phasianotrochus rutilus (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination)
- Species Elenchus circulatus Reeve, 1848 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Elenchus vulgaris A. Adams, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Monodonta (Elenchus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elenchus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580344 on 2025-04-30
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(of Monodonta (Elenchus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
page(s): 219, 351 [details]
