MolluscaBase - Auricula (Alexia) Leach, 1847

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Auricula (Alexia) Leach, 1847

AphiaID

741772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:741772)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Alexia Leach, 1847 accepted as Myosotella Monterosato, 1906

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Auricula Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Ellobium Röding, 1798

Original name

Alexia Leach, 1847

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Species Auricula (Alexia) meridionalis Brazier, 1877 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
Species Auricula (Alexia) sundgoviensis Andreae, 1884 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Alexia Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Auricula (Alexia) Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741772 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2013-09-25 08:39:26Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-01-04 19:10:18Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2022-09-26 16:52:49Z

changed

Vos, Chris

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Alexia Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]