WoRMS name details
Pleurotoma praeclara Melvill, 1893
436909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:436909)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma praeclara Melvill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436909 on 2025-04-10
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(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) praeclara Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 52, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
