MolluscaBase name details
Cochlespira perelegans Bieler, 2026
1871532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1871532)
accepted > nomen novum
Species
Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Defrance, 1826)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cochlespira perelegans Bieler, 2026. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1871532 on 2026-05-14
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original description
(of Pleurotoma (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Dall, 1881) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 54 [details]
replacement name source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2026). New marine gastropod and bivalve species from the Florida Keys. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 140(1): 1-18.
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page(s): 54 [details]
replacement name source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2026). New marine gastropod and bivalve species from the Florida Keys. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 140(1): 1-18.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
To Malacopics (Cochlespira elegans (Dall, 1881) Barbados, at 100-130 fathoms depth) (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 902456 Cochlespira elegans) (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
To Malacopics (Cochlespira elegans (Dall, 1881) Barbados, at 100-130 fathoms depth) (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 902456 Cochlespira elegans) (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans (Dall, 1881))
