Genus Glabella Swainson, 1840
- Glabella Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [133,324] [earlier than Gray, Herrmannsen, 1847 [18 April], had designated "Marginella prunum Gmel." [= Voluta prunum Gmelin, 1791] as type species, but this was not an originally included species].
Type species:
Voluta faba Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [142]. - Faba Fischer, 1883.
Type species:
Voluta faba Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaiian Islands
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31)
General References
Coovert, G.A. & Coovert, H.K. 1995. Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110 [97]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MARGINELLIDAE | 27-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |