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WoRMS taxon details

Pterocella Levinsen, 1909

AphiaID

467051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467051)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Catenicella alata Wyville Thomson, 1858 represented as Pterocella vesiculosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Parent

Catenicellidae Busk, 1852

Synonymised names

Carinatocella Stach, 1935 · unaccepted

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Species Pterocella gemella (MacGillivray, 1887)
Species Pterocella scutella (Hutton, 1891)
Species Pterocella vesiculosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Levinsen, G. M. R. (1909). Morphological and systematic studies on the cheilostomatous Bryozoa. <em>Nationale Forfatterers Forlag, Copenhagen.</em> pp.1-431., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/54983#/summary
page(s): 246 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Pterocella Levinsen, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467051 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-03-28 09:40:43Z

created

Bock, Phil

2020-01-16 13:02:59Z

changed

Bock, Phil

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Levinsen, G. M. R. (1909). Morphological and systematic studies on the cheilostomatous Bryozoa. <em>Nationale Forfatterers Forlag, Copenhagen.</em> pp.1-431., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/54983#/summary
page(s): 246 [details]