WoRMS taxon details
Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 1850)
889366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889366)
accepted
Species
Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)
Rissoina (Moerchiella) gigantea (Deshayes, 1850) · alternative representation (Moerchiella accepted as genus)
Rissoina gigantea (Deshayes, 1850) · unaccepted (Moerchiella accepted as genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, 1850) Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). <i>Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie</i>. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368
page(s): 48, pl. 77 figs 18-20 [details]
page(s): 48, pl. 77 figs 18-20 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=889366 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, 1850) Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). <i>Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie</i>. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368
page(s): 48, pl. 77 figs 18-20 [details]
page(s): 48, pl. 77 figs 18-20 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オニチョウジガイ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Rissoina gigantea (Deshayes, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, 1850)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Rissoina gigantea (Deshayes, 1850))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Rissoina (Moerchiella) gigantea (Deshayes, 1850))
To Conchology (Moerchiella gigantea)
To Malacopics (Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 185) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Olango Isl...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Rissoa gigantea Deshayes, 1850)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Rissoina gigantea (Deshayes, 1850))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Rissoina (Moerchiella) gigantea (Deshayes, 1850))
To Conchology (Moerchiella gigantea)
To Malacopics (Moerchiella gigantea (Deshayes, 185) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Olango Isl...
