Siphonaria sowerbyi Michelin, 1832

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 : 202

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14989396
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scientific name	Siphonaria sowerbyi Michelin, 1832
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Siphonaria sowerbyi Michelin 1832 : unpaginated, pl. 17 (without type locality).— Anton 1838: 26; Hanley 1858b: 152; Paetel 1889: 429; Hubendick 1946: 69; White & Dayrat 2012: 68.

Taxonomic remarks. The original description and original figure of Michelin (1832) do not provide enough detail to resolve the identity of this species. No type specimen(s) are known to exist (Philippe Bouchet; pers. comm.).While the original figure in Michelin (1832: pl. 17) matches the features of the atra View in CoL group, particularly that of S. atra View in CoL and S. alba View in CoL , this species remains indeterminable. Hubendick (1946: 69) incorrectly rejected S. sowerbyi as a nomen nudum (followed by White & Dayrat, 2012: 68). Morrison (1972: 56–58) treated S. sowerbyi Michelin, 1832 , S. sowerbyi Guerin, 1832 and S. sowerbyi Michelin,1868 as synonyms of S. laciniosa based on similarity in shell form and ‘common reproductive development’. These synonymies are not accepted here. This nominal species remains a nomen dubium.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Siphonariida
Family	Siphonariidae
Genus	Siphonaria