WoRMS name details
Pleurotoma hexagonum L. Pfeiffer, 1840
1444223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1444223)
uncertain > nomen dubium (not G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma hexagonum L. Pfeiffer, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1444223 on 2025-03-28
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Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record Faber, M. J. (2004). Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of <i>Gibberula pfeifferi</i> new name (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Miscellanea Malacologica.</em> 1(3): 49-71.
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record Faber, M. J. (2004). Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of <i>Gibberula pfeifferi</i> new name (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Miscellanea Malacologica.</em> 1(3): 49-71.
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors






Syntype MBE ZMB 109.677, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]