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Pleurotoma venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †
1720189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1720189)
uncertain > unassessed (unresolved junior homonym of Pleurotoma venusta Reeve, 1843 & P. venusta Bellardi, 1847)
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
Pleurotoma venustum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 † · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Turris (Drillia) venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Pleurotoma venusta var. mexicana Böse, 1910 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 50, pl. 10, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 50, pl. 10, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1720189 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 50, pl. 10, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1911). Fossils from Springvale, near Couva, Trinidad. <em>Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Society Papers.</em> no. 454: 1-10, pls. 1-2, 1 unnumbered pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46554276
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 289 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 527 [details]
page(s): 50, pl. 10, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1911). Fossils from Springvale, near Couva, Trinidad. <em>Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Society Papers.</em> no. 454: 1-10, pls. 1-2, 1 unnumbered pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46554276
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 289 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 527 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
