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Pleurotoma discors G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †
435364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435364)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of P. discors Sowerby, 1834 and P. discors Philippi, 1844)
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [details]
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [details]
Lectotype NHMUK NHM-G26404
, Type locality contained in Chile
Lectotype NHMUK NHM-G26404 [details]
type locality contained in Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma discors G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435364 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype NHMUK NHM-G26404 [details]
