North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773

AphiaID

153994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153994)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Valvatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Parent

Valvatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Original name

Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773

Synonymised names

Valvata (Cincinna) Mörch, 1864 · alternative representation

Valvata (Valvata) O. F. Müller, 1773 · alternative representation

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Species Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774
Species Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864
Species Valvata piscinalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Species Valvata sincera Say, 1824
Species Valvata tricarinata (Say, 1817)
Species Valvata striata R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Circulus striatus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Valvata (Cincinna) Mörch, 1864 represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773
1. Species Valvata (Cincinna) piscinalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) represented as Valvata piscinalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Subgenus Valvata (Valvata) O. F. Müller, 1773 represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773
1. Species Valvata (Valvata) cristata O. F. Müller, 1774 represented as Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol. 1 [part 2]: 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774]; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): [unnumbered page in introduction]; 198 [1774] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153994 on 2026-09-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153994 on 2026-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-13 20:38:55Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2012-01-05 19:33:47Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-06-23 08:52:56Z

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Bank, Ruud

2018-02-01 15:20:18Z

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Bank, Ruud

2018-04-22 06:54:57Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2018-09-20 14:50:59Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol. 1 [part 2]: 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774]; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): [unnumbered page in introduction]; 198 [1774] [details]

original description (of Valvata (Cincinna) Mörch, 1864) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1864). Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende land- og ferskvandsblöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn. (2) 1863 (17-22): 265-367., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35851876
page(s): 321 [details]

basis of record Haszprunar, G. (2014). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Ectobranchia). ZooKeys. 377: 1-172. Sofia [5 February]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.377.6032 [details] Available for editors