WoRMS taxon details
Microglyphis Dall, 1902
557136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557136)
accepted
Genus
Actaeon curtulus Dall, 1890 accepted as Microglyphis curtula (Dall, 1890) (type by original designation)
Actaeon (Microglyphis) Dall, 1902 · unaccepted (original rank)
Acteon (Microglyphis) Dall, 1902 · unaccepted
Hyporingicula Habe, 1952 · unaccepted
- Species Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902)
- Species Microglyphis curtula (Dall, 1890)
- Species Microglyphis furukawai Kuroda, 1961
- Species Microglyphis globularis (E. A. Smith, 1875)
- Species Microglyphis hasegawai Chaban, Kano, Fukumori & Chernyshev, 2018
- Species Microglyphis japonica (Habe, 1952)
- Species Microglyphis mazatlanica (Dall, 1908)
- Species Microglyphis michelleae Á. Valdés, 2019
- Species Microglyphis perconica (Dall, 1890)
- Species Microglyphis sabrinae Á. Valdés, 2019
- Species Microglyphis breviculus [sic] accepted as Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Microglyphis estuarina (Dall, 1908) accepted as Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Microglyphis estuarinus [sic] accepted as Microglyphis estuarina (Dall, 1908) accepted as Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Microglyphis japonicus [sic] accepted as Microglyphis japonica (Habe, 1952) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Microglyphis mazatlanicus [sic] accepted as Microglyphis mazatlanica (Dall, 1908) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Microglyphis noguchii Kuroda, 1961 accepted as Microglyphis japonica (Habe, 1952)
- Species Microglyphis perconicus [sic] accepted as Microglyphis perconica (Dall, 1890) (incorrect gender ending)
marine
(of Actaeon (Microglyphis) Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 512 [details]
page(s): 512 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Microglyphis Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557136 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actaeon (Microglyphis) Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 512 [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details]
page(s): 512 [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details]




From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Often treated as masculine, but "glyphis" is feminine, so Microglyphis is feminine (ICZN Article 30.1.1). [details]