WoRMS name details
Pleurotoma violacea Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842
435949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435949)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
- Variety Pleurotoma violacea var. moerchi Leche, 1878 accepted as Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871) (synonym)
- Variety Pleurotoma violacea var. brevis Leche, 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 51; pl. 4 fig. 21 [details]
page(s): 51; pl. 4 fig. 21 [details]
Note Casco Bay, Maine, U.S.A.
Type locality Casco Bay, Maine, U.S.A. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma violacea Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435949 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 51; pl. 4 fig. 21 [details]
page(s): 51; pl. 4 fig. 21 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Casco Bay, Maine, U.S.A. [details]
