Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae > Genus Setia

Setia pulcherrima (Jeffreys, 1848)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Setia*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852	accepted genus name
*Parvisetia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Putilla (Varisetia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Rissoa (Setia)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852	synonym
*Rudolphosetia*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym

Species group names

*Cingula pulcherrima*	(Jeffreys, 1848)	synonym
*Rissoa pulcherrima*	Jeffreys, 1848	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: spikkelhorentje

Literature

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	Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985].
subsequent type designation	Warén, A. (1980). Marine Mollusca described by John Gwyn Jeffreys, with the location of the type material. Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Special publication. 1(60).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Setia pulcherrima (Jeffreys, 1848). 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:141393