MolluscaBase taxon details
Veprecula pungens (A. Gould, 1860)
435197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435197)
accepted
Species
Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (invamid: junior homonym of...)
invamid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma asperulata Lamarck, 1822; Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918, is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860) Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 339. [details]
page(s): 339. [details]
Type locality contained in Hong Kong Island
type locality contained in Hong Kong Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Veprecula pungens (A. Gould, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435197 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860) Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 339. [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 296-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244320
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 333 [details]
page(s): 339. [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 296-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244320
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 333 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clavatula pungens Gould, 1860 Holotype USNM 515) (from synonym Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
