WoRMS name details
Pulchritima Iredale, 1929
593009 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593009)
unaccepted
Genus
Voluta sanguisuga Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Vexillum sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by typification of replaced name)
Tiara (Callithea) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Callithea Feisthamel, 1835;...)
of Callithea Feisthamel, 1835; Pulchritima Iredale, 1929 is a replacement name
- Species Pulchritima sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Vexillum sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 286, 294 [details]
page(s): 286, 294 [details]
Note Iredale stated the type species to be Mitra...
Type species Iredale stated the type species to be Mitra stigmataria "Gmelin" [= M. stigmataria Lamarck, 1811; also a species originally included in Callithea], but under Art. 67.8, the type species of Callithea is also the type species of Pulchritima. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pulchritima Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593009 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
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Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 286, 294 [details]
page(s): 286, 294 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type species Iredale stated the type species to be Mitra stigmataria "Gmelin" [= M. stigmataria Lamarck, 1811; also a species originally included in Callithea], but under Art. 67.8, the type species of Callithea is also the type species of Pulchritima. [details]
