WoRMS taxon details
Plesiothyreus puntarenae (Mörch, 1860)
1514329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1514329)
accepted
Species
Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860 · unaccepted (original combination)
Phenacolepas puntarenae (Mörch, 1860) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
page(s): 175 [details]
page(s): 175 [details]
Type locality contained in Costa Rican part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Costa Rican part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiothyreus puntarenae (Mörch, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514329 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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(of Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
page(s): 175 [details]
page(s): 175 [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]
