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

Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pedicularia*	Swainson, 1840	accepted genus name
*Mioseguenzia*	F. Nordsieck, 1973	synonym
*Thyreus*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

Species group names

*Pedicularia splendida*	Lorenz, 2009	synonym

Literature

original description	Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18.
basis of record	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.
status source	Lorenz, F. (2022). Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009 is a junior synonym of Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897 (Gastropoda: Ovulidae). Conchylia. 53(1-2): 67-68.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897. 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:437173