Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Lottioidea > Family Lepetidae

Propilidium Forbes & Hanley, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rostrisepta*	G. Seguenza, 1866	synonym

Children

Propilidium compressum Jeffreys, 1883
Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844)

Literature

original description	Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей]. 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Propilidium Forbes & Hanley, 1849. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138112