North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Scaphander Montfort, 1810

Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Iceland SW, 15.9 mm

AphiaID

137871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137871)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Bulla lignaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)

Type taxon of

Scaphandridae G. O. Sars, 1878

Parent

Scaphandridae G. O. Sars, 1878

Original name

Scaphander Montfort, 1810

Synonymised names

Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Scaphander gracilis R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Scaphander imperceptus (Bouchet, 1975)
Species Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884
Species Scaphander parvulinus Sacco, 1897 †
Species Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Species Scaphander bathymophilus (Dall, 1881) accepted as Sabatia bathymophila (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Scaphander gibbulus Jeffreys, 1856 accepted as Weinkauffia turgidula (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Scaphander giganteus Risso, 1826 accepted as Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Scaphander stigmatica Dall, 1927 accepted as Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Scaphander targionius Risso, 1826 accepted as Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 334 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphander Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137871 on 2026-04-27

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Scaphander Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137871 on 2026-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-06-09 12:49:55Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-09-01 21:17:17Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-06-02 13:54:22Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2019-02-19 03:37:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-04-21 00:55:30Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 334 [details]

original description (of Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913) Schepman, M. M. (1913). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata of the Siboga Expedition. Part VI. Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha. Siboga-Expeditie. 49f: 453-494, pls 31-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34450774
page(s): 464 [details]

additional source Eilertsen M.H. & Malaquias M.A. (2013) Systematic revision of the genus Scaphander (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) in the Atlantic Ocean, with a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 389–429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12013 [details]

additional source Siegwald, J., Oskars, T. R., Kano, Y. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2022). A global phylogeny of the deep-sea gastropod family Scaphandridae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): Redefinition and generic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 169: 107415., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107415 [details] Available for editors

additional source Siegwald, J. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2024). Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus Scaphander Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad201 [details]