MolluscaBase - Provocator pulcher R. B. Watson, 1882

MolluscaBase taxon details

Provocator pulcher R. B. Watson, 1882

To NHMUK collection (Provocator pulcher R. B. Watson, 1882; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3500246)

AphiaID

759251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:759251)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Provocator R. B. Watson, 1882

Parent

Provocator R. B. Watson, 1882

Original name

Provocator pulcher R. B. Watson, 1882

Synonymised names

Provocator (Provocator) pulcher R. B. Watson, 1882 · alternative representation

Provocator provocator G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XII. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society - Zoology.</em> 16: 324-343., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982565
page(s): 330 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Provocator pulcher R. B. Watson, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759251 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-03-30 16:34:01Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-02-12 20:01:04Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XII. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society - Zoology.</em> 16: 324-343., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982565
page(s): 330 [details]