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Emarginula sicula J. E. Gray, 1825

Emarginula sicula Gray, 1825
Specimen from Palermo, collected and identidfied by Monterosato (actual size 12 mm)

AphiaID

139966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139966)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Emarginula Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Emarginula sicula J. E. Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Emarginula cancellata R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Emarginula curvirostris Deshayes, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)

Emarginula depressa Bellini, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid; not Risso, 1826)

Emarginula reticulata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

Emarginula rosea Bellini, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)

Emarginula sicula var. major Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)

Emarginula squamulosa Aradas, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Variety Emarginula sicula var. major Pallary, 1900 accepted as Emarginula sicula J. E. Gray, 1825 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. Annals of Philosophy. new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 407 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Emarginula sicula J. E. Gray, 1825. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139966 on 2026-08-29

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Emarginula sicula J. E. Gray, 1825. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139966 on 2026-08-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-12-04 12:28:50Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-10-03 15:39:41Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2021-10-14 22:16:53Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. Annals of Philosophy. new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 407 [details]

original description (of Emarginula squamulosa Aradas, 1846) Aradas A. (1846). Memorie di Zoologia Siciliana. Memoria Iª. Descrizione di varie specie nuove di conchiglie viventi e fossili della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. (2) 3: 157-184., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7997511
page(s): 183-184 ; pl. 2 fig. 4a,b [details]

original description (of Emarginula depressa Bellini, 1929) Bellini, R. (1929). I molluschi del Golfo di Napoli (Studi precedenti, l'ambiente, enumerazione e sinonimia). Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universita di Napoli. 6(2): 1-87. [details]

original description (of Emarginula curvirostris Deshayes, 1830) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638 [details]

original description (of Emarginula sicula var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 361 [details]

original description (of Emarginula cancellata 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): 114-115, pl. 7 fig. 15 [details]

original description (of Emarginula reticulata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Piani P. (1985). Revisione del genere Emarginula Lamarck, 1801 in Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 193-238 [dated 1984 on front page], available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Lavosi%20SIM/LavoriSIM_1985/Lavori%20SIM%201984%20193-238%20-%20Piani,%20Revisione%20del%20genere%20Emarginula.pdf [details]