North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

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Aporrhais da Costa, 1778

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Cabo Pino, Maga, Spain, 25 m (actual size 34 mm).

AphiaID

137656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137656)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Aporrhaidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Aporrhais da Costa, 1778

Synonymised names

Chenopus R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)
Species Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (synonym)
Species Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1891 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (synonym)
Species Aporrhais occidentalis (H. Beck, 1836) accepted as Arrhoges occidentalis (H. Beck, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1891 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908 accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (synonym)
Species Aporrhais serreseanus [sic] accepted as Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 136 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aporrhais da Costa, 1778. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137656 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aporrhais da Costa, 1778. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137656 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-10-12 15:33:09Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-03-31 10:46:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-11 13:46:35Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 136 [details]

original description (of Chenopus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 214 [details]

additional source Cosel R. von (1977). Die Arten der Gattung Aporrhais Da Costa im Ostatlantik und Beobachtungen zum Umdrehreflex der Pelikanfuss-Schnecke Aporrhais pespelicani. Drosera 77: 37-46 [details]

additional source Manganelli, G.; Spadini, V.; Fiorentino, V. (2008). The lost Aporrhais species from the Italian Pliocene: A. peralata Sacco, 1893 (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda). Journal of Conchology. 39(5): 493-515. [details] Available for editors