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Lituus J. E. Gray, 1849

205928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205928)

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  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Cephalopoda
  5. Coleoidea
  6. Decapodiformes
  7. Spirulida
  8. Spiruloidea
  9. Spirulidae
  10. Lituus
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spirula Lamarck, 1799
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Spirulidae Rafinesque, 1815

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  1. Species Lituus laevis J. E. Gray, 1849 accepted as Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 114; note: name attributed by Gray to Browne [1789, Jamaica] and Humphreys [1797, Museum Calonnianum], both nomenclaturally unavailable works. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lituus J. E. Gray, 1849. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205928 on 2026-07-13
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lituus J. E. Gray, 1849. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=205928 on 2026-07-13
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2001-12-09 09:59:46Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-12-12 16:39:41Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2026-04-26 18:44:46Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt
2026-04-27 08:47:36Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 114; note: name attributed by Gray to Browne [1789, Jamaica] and Humphreys [1797, Museum Calonnianum], both nomenclaturally unavailable works. [details] 

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Cuvier G. (1816 ["1817"]). <i>Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée</i>. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, <i>Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History</i> 8(1): 31] Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030
page(s): 2: 369; note: appears to be a Foraminifera [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 206 [details]