MolluscaBase - Pleurotoma arcana E. A. Smith, 1899

MolluscaBase name details

Pleurotoma arcana E. A. Smith, 1899

AphiaID

435848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435848)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Comitas arcana (E. A. Smith, 1899) accepted as Leucosyrinx arcana (E. A. Smith, 1899)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789

Original name

Pleurotoma (Surcula) arcana E. A. Smith, 1899

Environment

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

Original description

(of Pleurotoma (Surcula) arcana E. A. Smith, 1899) Smith, E. A. (1899). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R.N. — Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4 (22): 237-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208976
page(s): 239. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma arcana E. A. Smith, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435848 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 13:10:05Z

created

Tucker, John

2020-06-13 16:25:42Z

changed

Herbert, David

2024-06-21 22:26:48Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Pleurotoma (Surcula) arcana E. A. Smith, 1899) Smith, E. A. (1899). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R.N. — Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4 (22): 237-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208976
page(s): 239. [details]