MolluscaBase - Pleurotoma elegans Melleville, 1843 †

MolluscaBase name details

Pleurotoma elegans Melleville, 1843 †

AphiaID

1805100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1805100)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym

Accepted name

Pleurotoma subelegans A. d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Turricula subelegans (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789

Original name

Pleurotoma elegans Melleville, 1843 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Melleville, M. (1843). Mémoire sur les sables tertiaires inférieurs du bassin de Paris, avec la description de 78 espèces de coquilles fossiles inédites de ce terrain. <em>Annales des Sciences Géologiques.</em> 2(1-2): 1-29, 77-120, 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61967000
page(s): 108 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma elegans Melleville, 1843 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1805100 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-03-22 18:34:26Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Melleville, M. (1843). Mémoire sur les sables tertiaires inférieurs du bassin de Paris, avec la description de 78 espèces de coquilles fossiles inédites de ce terrain. <em>Annales des Sciences Géologiques.</em> 2(1-2): 1-29, 77-120, 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61967000
page(s): 108 [details]