WoRMS taxon details
Aporrhais da Costa, 1778
137656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137656)
accepted
Genus
Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Chenopus R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chenopus (Aporrhais) da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970
- Species Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
- Species Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
- Species Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)
- Species Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Aporrhais conemenosi Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883 accepted as Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
- Species Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1891 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Aporrhais occidentalis (H. Beck, 1836) accepted as Arrhoges occidentalis (H. Beck, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1891 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Aporrhais pescarbonis (Brongniart, 1823) sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1853 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (unaccepted > misapplication, misapplication)
- Species Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard, 1963 accepted as Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963 (hyphen not acceptable in specific epithet)
- Species Aporrhais pespelicani [sic] accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Aporrhais serreseanus [sic] accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)
- Subgenus Aporrhais (Malaptera) Piette, 1876 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aporrhais da Costa, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137656 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Chenopus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Chenopus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Cosel R. von (1977). Die Arten der Gattung <i>Aporrhais</i> Da Costa im Ostatlantik und Beobachtungen zum Umdrehreflex der Pelikanfuss-Schnecke <i>Aporrhais pespelicani</i>. <i>Drosera 77</i>: 37-46 [details]
additional source Manganelli, G.; Spadini, V.; Fiorentino, V. (2008). The lost <i>Aporrhais</i> species from the Italian Pliocene: <i>A. peralata</i> Sacco, 1893 (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 39(5): 493-515. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Manganelli, G.; Spadini, V.; Fiorentino, V. (2008). The lost <i>Aporrhais</i> species from the Italian Pliocene: <i>A. peralata</i> Sacco, 1893 (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 39(5): 493-515. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Grammatical gender Despite an early use in the masculine (Petiver, 1702-1706; Da Costa, 1778), the grammatical gender of Aporrhais is feminine because the suffix –id- indicates feminine nouns in ancient Greek. Alternative etymologies – Aporrhais from the Greek “aporrheo”, to flow away (Woodward, 1851-56), the Greek “apò”, from, and the Latin “radius”, ray (Settepassi, 1971) and the Greek “apo;”, asunder, and “raiw”, I break (Fretter & Graham, 1981) – are clearly unrealistic. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| French | pied-de-pélican | [details] |
