WoRMS name details
Pleurotoma optata E. A. Smith, 1899
1394681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1394681)
unaccepted (invalid; junior primary homonym of Pleurotoma optata G. F. Harris, 1897; Gemmula indagatoris Finlay, 1927 is a replacement name. not Harris, 1897)
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, E. A. (1899). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R.N. — Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4 (22): 237-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208976
page(s): 238. [details]
page(s): 238. [details]
Type locality contained in Indian part of the Laccadive Sea
type locality contained in Indian part of the Laccadive Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma optata E. A. Smith, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1394681 on 2025-04-03
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Smith, E. A. (1899). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R.N. — Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4 (22): 237-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208976
page(s): 238. [details]
page(s): 238. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
