Vagina salp
Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
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
- Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
- Name authority
- Tilesius, 1802
- Common name
- Vagina salp
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Thaliacea
- Order
- Salpida
- Family
- Salpidae
- Genus
- Thetys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumTunicata
- classThaliacea Van der Hoeven, 1850
- orderSalpida Forbes, 1853
- familySalpidae Lahille, 1888
- subfamilySalpinae Lahille, 1888
- genusThetys Tilesius, 1802
- speciesThetys vagina Tilesius, 1802
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tetys tilesii | synonym |
| Thetys tilesii (Cuvier, 1804) (Cuvier, 1804) | synonym |
| Salpa tilesii Cuvier, 1804 Cuvier, 1804 | synonym |
| Salpa neapolitana Della Chiaje, 1841 Della Chiaje, 1841 | synonym |
| Salpa costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | synonym |
| Tetys costata | synonym |
| Thetys costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | synonym |
| Salpa (Thetys) vagina Tilesius, 1802 Tilesius, 1802 | synonym |
| Salpa herculea Dall, 1872 Dall, 1872 | synonym |
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.
- Tilesius, & G, W. (1802). Abbildung und Beschreibung eines sonderbaren Seeubeutels oder einer neuen Thetys-Species aus dem Atlantischen Ozean, Thetys vagina. Jahrbuch Naturgesellschaft Leipzig, 1: 150–165. 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:56FZ3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.