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 sicula Swainson, 1840

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

*Calyptraea polymorpha*	Calcara, 1842	synonym
*Mioseguenzia cimbrica recens*	F. Nordsieck, 1973	synonym
*Mioseguenzia conica*	F. Nordsieck, 1973	synonym
*Pedicularia sicula var. sublevigata*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Thyreus paradoxus*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

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	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.
additional source	Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of Xandarovula aetheria n. sp. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta. 1(1): 37-66.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pedicularia sicula 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:225169