WoRMS taxon details
Plesiothyreus arabicus (Thiele, 1909)
1514392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1514392)
accepted
Species
Phenacolepas arabica Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Phenacolepas arabica Thiele, 1909) Thiele J. (1909). Cocculinoidea und die Gattungen <i>Phenacolepas</i> und <i>Titiscania</i>. <i>Martini & Chemnitz, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 2nd ed 11A (539)</i>: 1-48, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52488188
page(s): 32, pl. 5 figs 9-10 [details]
page(s): 32, pl. 5 figs 9-10 [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiothyreus arabicus (Thiele, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514392 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
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(of Phenacolepas arabica Thiele, 1909) Thiele J. (1909). Cocculinoidea und die Gattungen <i>Phenacolepas</i> und <i>Titiscania</i>. <i>Martini & Chemnitz, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 2nd ed 11A (539)</i>: 1-48, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52488188
page(s): 32, pl. 5 figs 9-10 [details]
basis of record Christiaens, J. (1988). Red Sea malacology V. Revision of the <i>Phenacolepas</i> of the Red Sea. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 27 (5-6): 65-82.
page(s): 68, figs 1,16. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 32, pl. 5 figs 9-10 [details]
basis of record Christiaens, J. (1988). Red Sea malacology V. Revision of the <i>Phenacolepas</i> of the Red Sea. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 27 (5-6): 65-82.
page(s): 68, figs 1,16. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment New combination herein, based on the synonymy of Phenacolepas with Plesiothyreus. However, the species may also belong in Zacalantica (Kano & Fukumori, com. pers.), and proper genus allocation currently requires molecular data. [details]
