IRMNG - Floscularia Cuvier, 1798

IRMNG taxon details

Floscularia Cuvier, 1798

IRMNG_ID

1047838 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1047838)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Flosculariidae

Synonymised names

Melicerta Schrank, 1803 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)

Tubicolaria Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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Species Floscularia calva
Species Floscularia conifera (Hudson, 1886)
Species Floscularia janus (Hudson, 1881)
Species Floscularia longicauda
Species Floscularia melicerta (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Species Floscularia pedunculata (Joliet, 1883)
Species Floscularia rigens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Floscularia ringens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Floscularia trilobata
Species Floscularia uniloba

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Tabl. élém. Hist. Nat.
page(s): 664 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Floscularia Cuvier, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1047838 on 2026-10-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

Sources (9)

original description Tabl. élém. Hist. Nat.
page(s): 664 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Nogrady, 1982 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Nogrady, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Melicerta Schrank, 1803) F. Boica, 3 (2)
page(s): 302 [details]

original description (of Tubicolaria Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des characteres essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie). Tome 2. pp. 1–568. Paris: Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 51 [details]