North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ovula Bruguière, 1789

AphiaID

206294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206294)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ovulinae J. Fleming, 1828

Original name

Ovula Bruguière, 1789

Synonymised names

Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 · unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation...)

invalid: unjustified emendation of Ovula

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Species Ovula acicularis Lamarck, 1810, sensu Tryon, 1885 accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Ovula blainvillii (Leach, 1847) accepted as Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) (synonym)
Species Ovula blanville [sic] accepted as Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) (misspelling)
Species Ovula carnea (Poiret, 1789) accepted as Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789)
Species Ovula cepula Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) (synonym)
Species Ovula dentata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) (synonym)
Species Ovula haliotidea Blainville, 1825 accepted as Pseudosimnia adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) (synonym)
Species Ovula intermedia G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 sensu Tryon, 1885 accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Ovula obsoleta Locard, 1891 accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Ovula pennantiana (Leach, 1847) accepted as Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) (synonym)
Species Ovula rufula Mollerat, 1890 accepted as Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789)
Species Ovula sowerbyana Weinkauff, 1881 sensu Tryon, 1885 accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Ovula spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ovula Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206294 on 2025-11-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Ovula Bruguière, 1789. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=206294 on 2025-11-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-11-13 10:12:01Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2009-11-19 09:33:22Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-03 15:39:41Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-01-22 19:24:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv [details]

original description (of Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus Ovulum. Zoological Journal. 4: 145-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485061 [details]

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