IRMNG - Cirrus Sowerby, 1816 †

IRMNG taxon details

Cirrus Sowerby, 1816 †

IRMNG_ID

1403014 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1403014)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Archaeogastropoda (awaiting allocation)

Synonymised names

Circus Giebel, 1852 † · unaccepted

Cirrhus Férussac, 1821 † · unaccepted

Cirrites Bowdich, 1822 † · unaccepted

Cirus Fleming, 1828 † · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Min. Conch., 2
page(s): 93 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Cirrus Sowerby, 1816 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1403014 on 2026-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-02-05 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

Sources (11)
Notes (1)

original description Min. Conch., 2
page(s): 93 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

habitat flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

original description (of Circus Giebel, 1852 †) Allg. Palaeont, 1 (Palaeozool.) (2 Aufl.)
page(s): 185 [details]

original description (of Cirrites Bowdich, 1822 †) Elem, Conch., 1
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Cirus Fleming, 1828 †) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Bell & Bradfute: Edinburgh/James Duncan: London. 565 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46575
page(s): 313 [details]

original description (of Cirrhus Férussac, 1821 †) H. N. gén. et partic. (Table Syst.), xxxiv. [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Marine, fossil: Triassic to Jurassic (Sepkoski 2002) [details]