Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Ovulidae > Subfamily Pediculariinae

Pedicularia Swainson, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mioseguenzia*	F. Nordsieck, 1973	synonym
*Thyreus*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

Children

Mioseguenzia cimbrica (Sorgenfrei, 1958)
Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897
Pedicularia decussata A. Gould, 1855
Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865
Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840

Literature

original description	Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp.
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	Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pedicularia Swainson, 1840. 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:138304