MolluscaBase - Drillia macilenta (Melvill, 1923)

MolluscaBase name details

Drillia macilenta (Melvill, 1923)

AphiaID

433605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:433605)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (based on an invalid original name)

Accepted name

Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923)

Rank

Species

Parent

Drillia J. E. Gray, 1838

Original name

Surcula macilenta Melvill, 1923

Environment

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

Original description

(of Surcula macilenta Melvill, 1923) Melvill, J. C. (1923). Descriptions of twenty one species of Turridae (Pleurotomidae) from various localities in the collection of Mr. R. E. Sykes. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15: 162-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346746
page(s): 168, pl. 5, fig. 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Drillia macilenta (Melvill, 1923). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433605 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 09:46:51Z

created

Tucker, John

2020-08-22 22:44:48Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)

original description (of Surcula macilenta Melvill, 1923) Melvill, J. C. (1923). Descriptions of twenty one species of Turridae (Pleurotomidae) from various localities in the collection of Mr. R. E. Sykes. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15: 162-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346746
page(s): 168, pl. 5, fig. 13 [details]