MolluscaBase taxon details
Moerchia obvoluta A. Adams, 1860
559945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559945)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413 [1 May 1860]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773
page(s): 301. [details]
page(s): 301. [details]
Type locality contained in Korea Strait
type locality contained in Korea Strait [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moerchia obvoluta A. Adams, 1860. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559945 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413 [1 May 1860]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773
page(s): 301. [details]
basis of record Raven, J. G. M. (2025). A review of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 and <i>Microthyca</i> A. Adams, 1863 from the Indo-West Pacific, with the description of a new subfamily, Moerchiinae subfam. nov. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 138-186.
page(s): 160, textfigs 17, 24; pl. 9 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2014). Two new species of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from southwest tropical Pacific. <i>Novapex</i>. 15(3-4): 63-71. [details]
additional source Adams, A. (1864). Monographs of the genera <i>Cyclostrema, Adeorbis</i>, and <i>Teinostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3(23): 249–261, pls 255–256. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940676
page(s): 254, pl. 255, figs 43, 44.; note: As Cyclostrema (Morchia) [sic]. [details]
page(s): 301. [details]
basis of record Raven, J. G. M. (2025). A review of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 and <i>Microthyca</i> A. Adams, 1863 from the Indo-West Pacific, with the description of a new subfamily, Moerchiinae subfam. nov. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 138-186.
page(s): 160, textfigs 17, 24; pl. 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2014). Two new species of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from southwest tropical Pacific. <i>Novapex</i>. 15(3-4): 63-71. [details]
additional source Adams, A. (1864). Monographs of the genera <i>Cyclostrema, Adeorbis</i>, and <i>Teinostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3(23): 249–261, pls 255–256. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940676
page(s): 254, pl. 255, figs 43, 44.; note: As Cyclostrema (Morchia) [sic]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
