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Taxonomy: For all marine species, Project Gastropods uses the taxonomy in the online database WoRMS. When starting a new article, do not use sources of taxonomic information that predate the 2017 revision for all gastropod groups ("Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families" by Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong in Malacologia, 2017, 61(1–2): 1–526.) (can be dowloaded at Researchgate.net), substituting the previous classification of 2005 Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). If you need help with any aspect of an article, please leave a note at the Project talk page.

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Flaxen elimia[edit]

Should Flaxen elimia and Pleurocera catenaria be merged? I'm unclear as to the exact relationship; flaxen elimia may be a common name of subspecies Pleurocera catenaria catenaria. Certes (talk) 17:50, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vitta zebra[edit]

This is a super popular aquarium snail, I was surprised to find the article so short/under-sourced. I found this source: https://museucienciesjournals.cat/es/amz/issue/19-2021-amz/the-gastropod-vitta-zebra-bruguiere-1792-neritidae-a-possible-amphidromous-species-threatened-by-human-impact-in-brazilian-rivers?last= which could maybe help expand it. There's also a ton of aquarium-related pieces online but I'm less positive about reliability with those. Sock-the-guy (talk) 22:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm realizing this may be the wrong species. Could someone clarify if it's this or the Vittina natalensis? Sock-the-guy (talk) 23:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recent taxon changes[edit]

Just a heads up that there are some major taxon changes published here:

Salvador RB, Silva FS, Cavallari DC, Köhler F, Slapcinsky J, Breure ASH (2023) Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises. PLoS ONE 18(7): e0288533. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288533

Not my usual topic, but I did some edits regarding Antidrymaeus.

EponineBunnyKickQueen (talk) 21:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Conus leviteni#Requested move 5 February 2024[edit]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Conus leviteni#Requested move 5 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:16, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Phos--recent change not carried through[edit]

There had been 20+ species of the genus Phos listed individually in Category:Nassariidae. I just set up a category for the genus, within the family category. But in the course of doing it, I learned (from Wikipedia!) that until a few years ago, the genus Phos was considered to be in the Buccinidae family. And I see that four Phos articles are still in the category page for that family. I'm not in any way an expert, but it seems straightforward, AND supported by the sources. So unless someone either comes in ahead of me to do it, OR tells me I'm wrong, I'm going to be bold and make those changes. I'll edit the articles, I'll add Speciesboxes, and I'll recategorize them. If I feel ambitious, I might go through the rest and replace the taxoboxes with speciesboxes (it seems the speciesbox has been applied only to one, so far), and edit some obsolete information (according the the sources, Nassariidae are not True Whelks). Uporządnicki (talk) 13:58, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia follows the classification given in WoRMS, which places genus Phos in subfamily Photinae of family Nassariidae in superfamily Buccinoidea. I assume that family Buccinidae was broken up some time ago. Your proposed changes seem the correct way to go.

I created a template {{convert taxobox}} which can simplify the taxobox conversion. You just replace the first line of the taxobox (i.e. {{taxobox) with {{subst:Convert taxobox. You would still need to create any missing taxonomy templates. — Jts1882 | talk 14:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]