WoRMS taxon details
Plesiothyreus compressus (Pease, 1868)
1514276 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1514276)
accepted
Species
Phenacolepas compressa (Pease, 1868) · unaccepted
Scutellina compressa Pease, 1868 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scutellina compressa Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(2): 71-80, pls 8-9 [1 October 1868]; 4(3): 91-102, pls 11,12 [3 November 1868]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070178
page(s): 99, pl. 11 figs 25-27 [details]
page(s): 99, pl. 11 figs 25-27 [details]
Type locality contained in Tahiti
type locality contained in Tahiti [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiothyreus compressus (Pease, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514276 on 2025-01-14
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(of Scutellina compressa Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(2): 71-80, pls 8-9 [1 October 1868]; 4(3): 91-102, pls 11,12 [3 November 1868]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070178
page(s): 99, pl. 11 figs 25-27 [details]
page(s): 99, pl. 11 figs 25-27 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment New combination herein, based on the synonymy of Phenacolepas with Plesiothyreus. However, the species may also belong in Zacalantica (Kano & Fukumori, com. pers.), and proper genus allocation currently requires molecular data. [details]
