MolluscaBase - Pleurotoma praeclara Melvill, 1893

MolluscaBase name details

Pleurotoma praeclara Melvill, 1893

AphiaID

436909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:436909)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Splendrillia praeclara (Melvill, 1893)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789

Original name

Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893

Environment

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

Original description

(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma praeclara Melvill, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1111/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436909 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 13:10:05Z

created

Tucker, John

2015-02-04 10:33:23Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-11 19:38:54Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-10-04 15:54:33Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]