MolluscaBase name details
Plotia elegans (W. H. Benson, 1836)
1479105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1479105)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Plotia Röding, 1798 accepted as Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
(of Melania elegans W. H. Benson, 1837) Benson, W. H. (1837). Description of the shell and animal of <i>Nematura</i>, a new genus of Mollusca, inhabiting situations subject to alternations of fresh and brackish water. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5 (60): 781-782 ["1836"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188960
page(s): 782 [details]
page(s): 782 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plotia elegans (W. H. Benson, 1836). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1479105 on 2025-09-11
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(of Melania elegans W. H. Benson, 1837) Benson, W. H. (1837). Description of the shell and animal of <i>Nematura</i>, a new genus of Mollusca, inhabiting situations subject to alternations of fresh and brackish water. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5 (60): 781-782 ["1836"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188960
page(s): 782 [details]
basis of record Ancey, C. F. (1893). Faunes malacologiques de l'Afghanistan et Béloutchistan. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 18(1): 40-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099260
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 782 [details]
basis of record Ancey, C. F. (1893). Faunes malacologiques de l'Afghanistan et Béloutchistan. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 18(1): 40-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099260
page(s): 44 [details]
