Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838

Jenkins, Bruce & Köhler, Frank, 2024, Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Megataxa 13 (1), pp. 1-217 : 199

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scientific name	Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838
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Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838 View in CoL

Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud 1838 View in CoL [in 1838–1844]: 55, pl. 10, figs 18–20 (no type locality).— Menke 1844: 54; Catlow & Reeve 1845: 100; Jay 1850: 104; White & Dayrat 2012: 60.

Siphonaria alternicostata Hanley 1858b: 151 .— Paetel 1889: 427 (invalid; incorrect subsequent spelling of alternicosta View in CoL ).

Taxonomic remarks. The original description and original figure as the only indication to the identity of S. alternicosta View in CoL provide insufficient information to identify this species. No type specimen(s) are known to exist (Philippe Bouchet; pers. comm.). Menke (1844: 54) considered S. alternicosta View in CoL (incorrectly attributed to Quoy & Gaimard) as an accepted species occurring on the W coast of Australia. The original figure resembles S. restis View in CoL sp. nov. from WA somewhat, but this similarity is not considered taxonomically significant. We consider S. alternicosta View in CoL as a nomen dubium.

References

Catlow, A. & Reeve, L. (1845) The conchologist's nomenclator. A catalogue of all the Recent species of shells. Reeve Brothers, London, viii + 326 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.21812

Hanley, S. (1858 b) On Siphonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 26, 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06367.x

Jay, J. C. (1850) A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system; together with descriptions of new or rare species, contained in the collection. 4 th edition. Craighead, New York, 459 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124871

Menke, K. T. (1844) Molluscorum novae hollandiae specimen, quod ad celebrandum diem inbilaeum XXXVI m. Febr. Anni MDCCCXLIII, [...]. Zeitschrift fur Malakozoologie, 1, 52-98.

Paetel, F. (1889) Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung. Paetel, Berlin, 505 pp.

Potiez, V. - L. - V. & Michaud, A. - L. - G (1838 - 1844) Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue methodique, descriptif et raisonne des mollusques et coquilles du Museum de Douai. J. - B. Bailliere, Paris, vol. 1, pp. 569, pls 1 - 37; vol. 2, 305 pp., pls 38-70.

White, T. R. & Dayrat, B. (2012) Checklist of genus- and species-group names of false limpets Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). Zootaxa, 3538 (1), 54-78. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3538.1.2