WoRMS taxon details
Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838)
141840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141840)
accepted
Species
Machaeroplax bella (Verkrüzen, 1875) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Machaeroplax obscura (Couthouy, 1838) · unaccepted
Machaeroplax obscura var. carinata A. E. Verrill, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Machaeroplax obscura var. planula A. E. Verrill, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarita albula A. Gould, 1861 · unaccepted
Margarita bella Verkrüzen, 1875 · unaccepted
Margarita groenlandica var. intermedia Leche, 1878 · unaccepted
Margarita obscura (Couthouy, 1838) · unaccepted
Margarita obscura var. cinereaeformis Leche, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarita obscura var. intermedia Leche, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarita obscura var. islandica Odhner, 1910 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margarita obscura var. planula A. E. Verrill, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella albula (Gould, 1861) · unaccepted
Solariella intermedia (Leche, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella laevis Friele, 1886 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Solariella lewisae Willett, 1946 · unaccepted
Solariella obscura var. albula (A. Gould, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. bella (Verkrüzen, 1875) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. carinata (A. E. Verrill, 1882) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. cinereaeformis (Leche, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. finmarchica Odhner, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. intermedia (Leche, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. islandica (Odhner, 1910) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solariella obscura var. multilirata Odhner, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus obscurus (Couthouy, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbo obscurus Couthouy, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. albula (A. Gould, 1861) accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. bella (Verkrüzen, 1875) accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. carinata (A. E. Verrill, 1882) accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. cinereaeformis (Leche, 1878) accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. finmarchica Odhner, 1912 accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. intermedia (Leche, 1878) accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. islandica (Odhner, 1910) accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Solariella obscura var. multilirata Odhner, 1912 accepted as Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo obscurus Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 100, pl. III, fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 100, pl. III, fig. 12 [details]
Note Between Marblehead and Nahant, Massachusetts...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Between Marblehead and Nahant, Massachusetts Bay, USA. In fish stomach [details]
Distribution Arctic circumpolar; south of New England; eastern and western Greenland; Iceland; Canada, Labrador; USA, Maine, Massachusetts,...
Distribution Arctic circumpolar; south of New England; eastern and western Greenland; Iceland; Canada, Labrador; USA, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141840 on 2024-11-07
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original description
(of Turbo obscurus Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 100, pl. III, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Margarita bella Verkrüzen, 1875) Verkrüzen, T. A. (1875). Bericht über einen Schabe-Ausflug im Sommer 1874. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 2: 229-240, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27002869
page(s): 236-237 [details]
original description (of Solariella laevis Friele, 1886) Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. <i> Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878</i>, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7325215 [details]
original description (of Margarita obscura var. islandica Odhner, 1910) Odhner, N.H. (1910) Marine Mollusca of Iceland in the collections of the Swedish State Museum. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7, 1–31, 1 pl.
page(s): 6, pl. 1, fig. 29-32 [details]
original description (of Margarita groenlandica var. intermedia Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522 [details]
original description (of Machaeroplax obscura var. carinata A. E. Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 532 [details]
original description (of Margarita albula A. Gould, 1861) Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): Vol. 8:15. [details]
original description (of Solariella obscura var. finmarchica Odhner, 1912) Odhner, N. (1912). Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. V. Prosobranchia. 1. Diotocardia. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 48(1): 1-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41920522
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Machaeroplax obscura var. planula A. E. Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 531 [details]
original description (of Margarita obscura var. cinereaeformis Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Margarita obscura var. intermedia Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 45, pl. II, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Solariella obscura var. multilirata Odhner, 1912) Odhner, N. (1912). Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. V. Prosobranchia. 1. Diotocardia. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 48(1): 1-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41920522
page(s): 72 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Galkin, Yu. I. (1955). Bryukhonogiye mollyuski trokhidy dal'nevostochnykh i severnykh morey SSSR (Semeystvo Trochidae) / Брюхоногие моллюски трохиды дальневосточных и северных морей СССР (Семейство Trochidae) / Gastropod molluscs trochids of Far Eastern and northern seas of the USSR (Family Trochidae). <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR.</em> 57: 1-131 (in Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/galkin1955_trochidy_sssr.djvu
page(s): 104, fig. 60-61 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Dornellas, A. P. S.; Simone, L. R. (2015). New morphological data on Solariella obscura (Trochoidea: Solariellidae) from New Jersey, USA. <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 32(2): 162-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-46702015000200008 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 100, pl. III, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Margarita bella Verkrüzen, 1875) Verkrüzen, T. A. (1875). Bericht über einen Schabe-Ausflug im Sommer 1874. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 2: 229-240, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27002869
page(s): 236-237 [details]
original description (of Solariella laevis Friele, 1886) Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. <i> Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878</i>, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7325215 [details]
original description (of Margarita obscura var. islandica Odhner, 1910) Odhner, N.H. (1910) Marine Mollusca of Iceland in the collections of the Swedish State Museum. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7, 1–31, 1 pl.
page(s): 6, pl. 1, fig. 29-32 [details]
original description (of Margarita groenlandica var. intermedia Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522 [details]
original description (of Machaeroplax obscura var. carinata A. E. Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 532 [details]
original description (of Margarita albula A. Gould, 1861) Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): Vol. 8:15. [details]
original description (of Solariella obscura var. finmarchica Odhner, 1912) Odhner, N. (1912). Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. V. Prosobranchia. 1. Diotocardia. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 48(1): 1-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41920522
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Machaeroplax obscura var. planula A. E. Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 531 [details]
original description (of Margarita obscura var. cinereaeformis Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Margarita obscura var. intermedia Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 45, pl. II, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Solariella obscura var. multilirata Odhner, 1912) Odhner, N. (1912). Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. V. Prosobranchia. 1. Diotocardia. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 48(1): 1-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41920522
page(s): 72 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Galkin, Yu. I. (1955). Bryukhonogiye mollyuski trokhidy dal'nevostochnykh i severnykh morey SSSR (Semeystvo Trochidae) / Брюхоногие моллюски трохиды дальневосточных и северных морей СССР (Семейство Trochidae) / Gastropod molluscs trochids of Far Eastern and northern seas of the USSR (Family Trochidae). <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR.</em> 57: 1-131 (in Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/galkin1955_trochidy_sssr.djvu
page(s): 104, fig. 60-61 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Dornellas, A. P. S.; Simone, L. R. (2015). New morphological data on Solariella obscura (Trochoidea: Solariellidae) from New Jersey, USA. <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 32(2): 162-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-46702015000200008 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Arctic circumpolar; south of New England; eastern and western Greenland; Iceland; Canada, Labrador; USA, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut [details]Type locality Between Marblehead and Nahant, Massachusetts Bay, USA. In fish stomach [details]
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 6 mm in length [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Solariella lewisae Willett, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Solariella laevis Friele, 1886)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To Malacopics (Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838))
To Malacopics (Solariella obscura (Couthouy,1838) Russian Federation, Murmansk, Penchenga Bay, by ...
To PESI (from synonym Turbo obscurus Couthouy, 1838)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Solariella laevis Friele, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Machaeroplax obscura (Couthouy, 1838))
To PESI (from synonym Margarita obscura (Couthouy, 1838))
To PESI (from synonym Margarita obscura var. islandica Odhner, 1910)
To PESI (from synonym Machaeroplax obscura var. carinata A. E. Verrill, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita bella Verkrüzen, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Solariella albula (Gould, 1861))
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Solariella lewisae Willett, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Solariella laevis Friele, 1886)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To Malacopics (Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838))
To Malacopics (Solariella obscura (Couthouy,1838) Russian Federation, Murmansk, Penchenga Bay, by ...
To PESI (from synonym Turbo obscurus Couthouy, 1838)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Solariella laevis Friele, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Machaeroplax obscura (Couthouy, 1838))
To PESI (from synonym Margarita obscura (Couthouy, 1838))
To PESI (from synonym Margarita obscura var. islandica Odhner, 1910)
To PESI (from synonym Machaeroplax obscura var. carinata A. E. Verrill, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita bella Verkrüzen, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Solariella albula (Gould, 1861))
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
 intermedia.jpg "To Malacopics (Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838))")
