Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838

Jenkins, Bruce & Köhler, Frank, 2024, Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Megataxa 13 (1), pp. 1-217 : 199

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14983783
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scientific name	Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838
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Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838 View in CoL

Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud 1838 View in CoL [in 1838–1844]: 55, pl. 10, figs 18–20 (no type locality).— Menke 1844: 54; Catlow & Reeve 1845: 100; Jay 1850: 104; White & Dayrat 2012: 60.

Siphonaria alternicostata Hanley 1858b: 151 .— Paetel 1889: 427 (invalid; incorrect subsequent spelling of alternicosta View in CoL ).

Taxonomic remarks. The original description and original figure as the only indication to the identity of S. alternicosta View in CoL provide insufficient information to identify this species. No type specimen(s) are known to exist (Philippe Bouchet; pers. comm.). Menke (1844: 54) considered S. alternicosta View in CoL (incorrectly attributed to Quoy & Gaimard) as an accepted species occurring on the W coast of Australia. The original figure resembles S. restis View in CoL sp. nov. from WA somewhat, but this similarity is not considered taxonomically significant. We consider S. alternicosta View in CoL as a nomen dubium.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Siphonariida
Family	Siphonariidae
Genus	Siphonaria