WoRMS name details
Plesiotrochus paucicostatus Kilburn, 1975
572189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572189)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
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Type locality contained in Durban Bay
type locality contained in Durban Bay [details]
Taxonomic remark Houbrick (1990: 248) considered this a juvenile Cerithium sp.
Taxonomic remark Houbrick (1990: 248) considered this a juvenile Cerithium sp. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiotrochus paucicostatus Kilburn, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572189 on 2025-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
page(s): 579, fig. 3a. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 579, fig. 3a. [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Houbrick, R. S. (1990). Aspect of the anatomy of <i>Plesiotrochus</i> (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda), pp. 237-249, <i>in</i>: Wells F.E., Walker D.I., Kirkman H. & Letheridge R., eds., The marine fauna and flora of Albany. Volume 1. Perth, Western Australia Museum.
page(s): 248.; note: Juvenile Cerithium sp [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 248.; note: Juvenile Cerithium sp [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Houbrick (1990: 248) considered this a juvenile Cerithium sp. [details]
