MolluscaBase name details
Siphonaria optiva (Iredale, 1940)
759144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:759144)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Legosiphon optivus Iredale, 1940) Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(4): 429-443., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38927087
page(s): 440, pl. 34, figs 26-27 [details]
page(s): 440, pl. 34, figs 26-27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria optiva (Iredale, 1940). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759144 on 2025-09-11
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(of Legosiphon optivus Iredale, 1940) Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(4): 429-443., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38927087
page(s): 440, pl. 34, figs 26-27 [details]
source of synonymy Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific <em>Siphonaria</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3779(2): 246-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.7
note: synonym of S. laciniosa [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 440, pl. 34, figs 26-27 [details]
source of synonymy Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific <em>Siphonaria</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3779(2): 246-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.7
note: synonym of S. laciniosa [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]