NARMS name details

Nais littoralis [auct. misspelling for litoralis]

176081 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:176081)

 unaccepted (subsequent misspelling by Blainville, Örsted and others of Nais litoralis Müller, 1784)
Species
marine
recent only
(of Nais litoralis Müller, 1784) Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>[book].</em> [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12938667
page(s): 120 [details] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Nais littoralis [auct. misspelling for litoralis]. 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=176081 on 2026-08-03
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Nais littoralis [auct. misspelling for litoralis]. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=176081 on 2026-08-03
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2005-07-19 12:01:00Z
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2021-05-24 05:47:41Z
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2022-07-15 08:46:19Z
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2022-07-16 05:07:52Z
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2024-10-17 19:25:43Z
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original description (of Nais litoralis Müller, 1784) Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>[book].</em> [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12938667
page(s): 120 [details] 

basis of record Blainville, M. de. (1825). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes. <em>Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles.</em> (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 34: MYD-NIK. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25302950
page(s): 129; note: misspelling as Nais littoralis [details] 

additional source Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815 - 1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. [Natural history of invertebrate animals, presenting the general and particular characteristics of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an introduction offering the determination of the essential characteristics of the animal, its distinction from the plant and other natural bodies; finally, the exposition of the fundamental principles of zoology. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, Paris.</em> 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014
page(s): 223 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Örsted, A.S. (1842). Conspectus generum specierumque Naidum ad faunam Danicam pertinentium. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Kobenhavn.</em> 4: 128-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322848
page(s): 136; note: misspelling usage of N litoralis Müller, 1774 as Nais littoralis Örsd. (Mül. ex parte). Örsted also mentions Nais littoralis [sic] Müller in the text on p. 137. [details] OpenAccess publication
From editor or global species database
Spelling The Code in Article 58.7 regards litoralis / littoralis as the same spelling for the purposes of homonymy. Thus a subsequent author who changes the spelling has not created a different name. However, obviously the two are not the same spelling for the purposes of maintaining an author's original spelling. Müller, 1774 used Nais litoralis with a single consonant. For a time subsequent authors such as Blanchard (1825) used a double consonant. These are unavailable misspellings of no nomenclatural significance and do not have authorships. They are not deliberate replacement names of a defective name. The case of the usage of Örsted (1842) is no different from other misspellings, although he included his own name in the authorship as "Nais littoralis Örsd. (Mül. ex parte)" [on behalf of Müller]. Örsted also mentions Nais littoralis [sic] Müller in his text on p. 137 [details]