original description
(of Pleurotoma (Surcula) halicyria Melvill, 1904) Melvill, J. C. (1904). Descriptions of twenty-eight species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, dredged by of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1900–1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 158-169, pl. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176283
page(s): 164-165, pl. 10, fig. 16. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Gulf of Oman, 24°49'N, 56°56'E, 225 fathoms [details]