WoRMS taxon details
Eupleura plicata (Reeve, 1844)
404147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404147)
accepted
Species
Eupleura muriciformis var. curta Arnold, 1903 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Ranella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: July 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937195 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eupleura plicata (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404147 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Ranella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: July 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937195 [details]
original description (of Eupleura muriciformis var. curta Arnold, 1903 †) Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 249, pl. 8 fig. 9 [details]
basis of record Herbert, G.S. (2005). Systematic revision of the genus Eupleura H. & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Neogene and Recent of tropical America. The Veliger. 47 (4): 294-331., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42497229
page(s): 317, figs 64-67 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 33, textfig. 14, pl. 17F-H [details]
original description (of Eupleura muriciformis var. curta Arnold, 1903 †) Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 249, pl. 8 fig. 9 [details]
basis of record Herbert, G.S. (2005). Systematic revision of the genus Eupleura H. & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Neogene and Recent of tropical America. The Veliger. 47 (4): 294-331., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42497229
page(s): 317, figs 64-67 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 33, textfig. 14, pl. 17F-H [details]





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To GB Mollusca Types (Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100275) (from synonym Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844)
To ITIS
To GB Mollusca Types (Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100275) (from synonym Ranella plicata Reeve, 1844)
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