MolluscaBase taxon details
Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923)
432934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432934)
accepted
Species
Drillia macilenta (Melvill, 1923) · unaccepted (based on an invalid original name)
Surcula macilenta Melvill, 1923 · unaccepted (secondary homonym of Murex...)
secondary homonym of Murex macilentus Solander; Turris (Surcula) macella is a replacement name
Turris (Surcula) macella Melvill, 1923 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turris macella Melvill, 1923 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Turris (Surcula) macella Melvill, 1923) Melvill, J. C. (1923). On Turris (Surcula) macella nom. nov. for T. macilenta Melv., nom. praeocc. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15: 309., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347318 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432934 on 2024-04-24
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original description
(of Surcula macilenta Melvill, 1923) Melvill, J. C. (1923). Descriptions of twenty one species of Turridae (Pleurotomidae) from various localities in the collection of Mr. R. E. Sykes. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15: 162-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346746
page(s): 168, pl. 5, fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Turris (Surcula) macella Melvill, 1923) Melvill, J. C. (1923). On Turris (Surcula) macella nom. nov. for T. macilenta Melv., nom. praeocc. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15: 309., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347318 [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 29(1): 167-320.
page(s): 171 [details]
page(s): 168, pl. 5, fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Turris (Surcula) macella Melvill, 1923) Melvill, J. C. (1923). On Turris (Surcula) macella nom. nov. for T. macilenta Melv., nom. praeocc. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15: 309., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347318 [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 29(1): 167-320.
page(s): 171 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
