MolluscaBase name details
Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893
833441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833441)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Bombay
type locality contained in Bombay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833441 on 2025-09-10
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original description
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]
additional source Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay, collected by Mr. Alexander Abercrombie. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 8(2): 234-245, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30402906
page(s): 234-235, pl. 1, fig, 2 [details]
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay, collected by Mr. Alexander Abercrombie. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 8(2): 234-245, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30402906
page(s): 234-235, pl. 1, fig, 2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
