Chelyosoma macleayanum Broderip & Sowerby, 1830
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
- Chelyosoma macleayanum Broderip & Sowerby, 1830
- Name authority
- Broderip & Sowerby, 1830
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Phlebobranchia
- Family
- Corellidae
- Genus
- Chelyosoma
- 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
- classAscidiacea Blainville, 1824
- orderPhlebobranchia Lahille, 1886
- familyCorellidae Lahille, 1888
- genusChelyosoma Broderip & Sowerby, 1830
- speciesChelyosoma macleayanum Broderip & Sowerby, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chelyosoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chelyosoma columbianum Huntsman, 1912 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma inaequale Redikorzev, 1913 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma productum Stimpson, 1864 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma sibogae Sluiter, 1904 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma siboja Oka, 1906 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phallusia sutherlandi Huxley, 1852 Huxley, 1852 | synonym |
| Ascidia geometrica Stimpson, 1852 Stimpson, 1852 | synonym |
| Chelyosoma geometrica (Stimpson, 1852) (Stimpson, 1852) | synonym |
| Chelyosoma geometricum (Stimpson, 1852) (Stimpson, 1852) | synonym |
| Chelyosoma ochotense Redikorzev, 1911 Redikorzev, 1911 | 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.
- Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1830). Observation on new or interesting Mollusca, contained for the most part in the museum of Zoological Society. Zoological Journal, 5: 46–51, pl. 3, Supplement pl. 40 [stated publication 1835, published February 1830]. 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:5Y2P4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.