North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

140521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140521)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amauropsis Mörch, 1857

Original name

Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Natica helicoides G. Johnston, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)

Natica purpurea (Dall, 1871) · unaccepted (dubious synonym)

Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3675 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140521 on 2026-05-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140521 on 2026-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-11-13 08:27:16Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Natica helicoides G. Johnston, 1835) Johnston, G. (1835). Description of Natica helicoides, a new British Shell. Berwickshire Naturalists ' Club Proceedings , i . p . 69 . 1: 69., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=GSkGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA69 [details]

original description (of Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3675 [details]

basis of record Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. 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): 63, pl. 30 F [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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 Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [??????? ?.?., ??????? ?.?. 1978. ?????????? ?????????? ???????? ???????? ????? ????. ???????????? ?? ????? ????, ?????????? ????????????? ?????????? ?? ????, 116: 292 ?.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian].
page(s): 151, fig. 107 [details] Available for editors