North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 186818)

AphiaID

160314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160314)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Eupleura H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Ranella caudata Say, 1822

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 236 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160314 on 2026-07-02

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160314 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:34:34Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 236 [details]

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 31, pl. 15A-S [details]

additional source Allen, J. F. (1958). Urosalpinx cinerea and Eupleura caudata in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The Nautilus. 72(2): 49-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521086 [details]

additional source Hargis, W. J., Jr. & MacKenzie, C. L., Jr. (1961). Sexual behavior of the oyster drills: Eupleura caudata and Urosalpinx cinerea. The Nautilus. 75(1): 7-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8282921 [details]