MolluscaBase taxon details
Lophiotoma ruthveniana (Melvill, 1923)
434296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434296)
accepted
Species
Turris ruthveniana Melvill, 1923 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turris ruthveniana 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): 162, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 162, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Coast
type locality contained in Mauritian Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lophiotoma ruthveniana (Melvill, 1923). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434296 on 2025-09-10
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(of Turris ruthveniana 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): 162, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
status source Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> eyae032: 1-40.
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page(s): 162, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
status source Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> eyae032: 1-40.
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Turris ruthveniana Melvill, 1923; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3509885) (from synonym Turris ruthveniana Melvill, 1923)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
