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Emarginula adriatica O. G. Costa, 1830

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Emarginula adriatica O. G. Costa, 1830
Name authority
O. G. Costa, 1830
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Lepetellida
Family
Fissurellidae
Genus
Emarginula
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassVetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1980
  6. orderLepetellida Moskalev, 1971
  7. superfamilyFissurelloidea J. Fleming, 1822
  8. familyFissurellidae J. Fleming, 1822
  9. subfamilyEmarginulinae Children, 1834
  10. genusEmarginula Lamarck, 1801
  11. speciesEmarginula adriatica O. G. Costa, 1830

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Emarginula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Emarginula adamsiana G. B. Sowerby II, 1863FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula agulhasensis Thiele, 1925FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula alba R. B. Watson, 1897FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula amyda Shikama, 1962FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula bicancellata Montrouzier, 1860FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula camilla Melvill & Standen, 1903FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula compta T. Habe, 1953FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula concinna A. Adams, 1852FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula costulata Deshayes, 1863FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
thick emarginulaEmarginula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula curvamen Iredale, 1925FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emarginula curvata Schepman, 1908FissurellidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 44 records assigned to Fissurellidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Emarginula dubia Coen, 1947 Coen, 1947ambiguous synonym
Emarginula elongatoides Peyrot, 1938 Peyrot, 1938synonym
Emarginula proclinata Millet, 1865 Millet, 1865synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Costa, O. G. (1830). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de’ testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1–8, i–cxxxii, pl. 1–3. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:39F7L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.