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Amaura
Møller, 1842
AphiaID
225801
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225801)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Tectipleura
Pylopulmonata
Pyramidelloidea
Pyramidellidae
Amaura
Status
unaccepted
(invalid: junior homonym of
Amaura
Geyer, 1837 [Lepidoptera];
Aartsenia
is a replacement name)
Accepted name
Aartsenia
Warén, 1991
Rank
Genus
Type taxon
Amaura candida
Møller, 1842
accepted as
Aartsenia candida
(Møller, 1842)
(type by monotypy)
Parent
Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Original name
Amaura
Møller, 1842
Synonymised names
Amoura
[sic]
·
unaccepted
(misspelling (in Gray, 1847) of...)
misspelling (in Gray, 1847) of
Amaura
Möller, 1842
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Amaura candida
Møller, 1842
accepted as
Aartsenia candida
(Møller, 1842)
Original description
Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Amaura
Møller, 1842. 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=225801 on 2026-06-07
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Amaura
Møller, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=225801 on 2026-06-07
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2006-04-27 11:38:17Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-15 02:21:05Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2012-03-07 20:21:47Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2015-12-11 07:32:07Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
[taxonomic tree]
[clear cache]
Sources (2)
original description
Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
[details]
source of synonymy
Warén, A. (1991). New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. <em>Sarsia.</em> 76(1-2): 53-124.
(look up in
IMIS
),
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1991.10413466
[details]
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