MolluscaBase - Pleurotoma (Defrancia) moretonica E. A. Smith, 1882

MolluscaBase name details

Pleurotoma (Defrancia) moretonica E. A. Smith, 1882

AphiaID

1540010 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1540010)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Asperdaphne moretonica (E. A. Smith, 1882)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurotoma (Defrancia) Millet, 1827 accepted as Pleurotomoides Bronn, 1831

Original name

Pleurotoma (Defrancia) moretonica E. A. Smith, 1882

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 296-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244320
page(s): 299. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma (Defrancia) moretonica E. A. Smith, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1540010 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-13 08:52:47Z

created

Herbert, David

2024-05-24 23:03:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 296-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244320
page(s): 299. [details]