WoRMS name details
Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841)
183133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183133)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Drilliola pulchella (A. E. Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Mangelia) tiara R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) comatotropis Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma crispata De Cristofori & Jan, 1832, sensu Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted > misapplication
Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma tiara R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841) Calcara P. (1841). Monografie dei generi <i>Spirorbis</i> e <i>Succinea</i> seguita da alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane. <i>Giornale Letterario 226</i>: 1-11, available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=3psEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA86
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
Note near Messina, Sicily [Plio-Pleistocene fossil]
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Type locality near Messina, Sicily [Plio-Pleistocene fossil] [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to West Africa, Canary Is. Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean. Gorringe and...
Taxonomy Figueira & Absalão (2010) used the name Drilliola pulchella (Verrill, 1880) for the species generally known as Drilliola...
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to West Africa, Canary Is. Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean. Gorringe and Josephine seamounts, uncommon in 335-485 m. Western Atlantic, from Georgia to Brazil. [details]
Taxonomy Figueira & Absalão (2010) used the name Drilliola pulchella (Verrill, 1880) for the species generally known as Drilliola...
Taxonomy Figueira & Absalão (2010) used the name Drilliola pulchella (Verrill, 1880) for the species generally known as Drilliola loprestiana. They illustrated (fig. 3 H-K) as "holotype Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841), MAL-1930, photo courtesy of Museo di Zoologia ‘P. Doderlein’, Palermo University", a specimen with a paucispiral protoconch, which is Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872). This is questionable, because when establishing the genus Drilliola, Locard (1897: 213) provided notes from Monterosato (who then had purchased the Brugnone collection with Calcara's types), in which Drilliola loprestiana was clearly understood in the current acception (i.e. the species with a brown, multispiral protoconch). Most fortunately, ICZN art. 74.6. does not allow after year 2000 the fixation of a lectotype by inference of a "holotype", so this has no nomenclatural effect. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183133 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841) Calcara P. (1841). Monografie dei generi <i>Spirorbis</i> e <i>Succinea</i> seguita da alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane. <i>Giornale Letterario 226</i>: 1-11, available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=3psEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA86
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> Suppl. 8: 1-119 [December]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/46.supplement_8.1
page(s): 32-33 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> Suppl. 8: 1-119 [December]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/46.supplement_8.1
page(s): 32-33 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology Type of larval development: planktotrophic, inferred from multispiral protoconch. [details]Diagnosis Shell fusiform up to 7 mm high, with elevated spire and body whorl less than half the total height. Protoconch proportionally very large, with 4-5 convex whorls and a sculpture of axial riblets and a marked suprasutural keel. Teleoconch with 3-4 whorls, with a sculpture of strong, elevated and acute spiral cords, narrower than the interspaces. Axial sculpture of fine raised threads which are very conspicuous in the interspaces and attenuated over the cords. Aperture elongate; outer lip simple, with a deep U-shaped sinus situated next to the suture, then with convex profile in lateral view. Columellar edge simple, making an angle with the parietal edge. Colour of protoconch dark brown, of teleoconch pure white. [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to West Africa, Canary Is. Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean. Gorringe and Josephine seamounts, uncommon in 335-485 m. Western Atlantic, from Georgia to Brazil. [details]
Taxonomy Figueira & Absalão (2010) used the name Drilliola pulchella (Verrill, 1880) for the species generally known as Drilliola loprestiana. They illustrated (fig. 3 H-K) as "holotype Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841), MAL-1930, photo courtesy of Museo di Zoologia ‘P. Doderlein’, Palermo University", a specimen with a paucispiral protoconch, which is Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872). This is questionable, because when establishing the genus Drilliola, Locard (1897: 213) provided notes from Monterosato (who then had purchased the Brugnone collection with Calcara's types), in which Drilliola loprestiana was clearly understood in the current acception (i.e. the species with a brown, multispiral protoconch). Most fortunately, ICZN art. 74.6. does not allow after year 2000 the fixation of a lectotype by inference of a "holotype", so this has no nomenclatural effect. [details]
Type locality near Messina, Sicily [Plio-Pleistocene fossil] [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Civitavecchia, at 500 m de...
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) NE Atlantic, off Larache, Morocco, MOUNDFORCE ...
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 †)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tiara R. B. Watson, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 †)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Civitavecchia, at 500 m de...
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) NE Atlantic, off Larache, Morocco, MOUNDFORCE ...
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 †)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tiara R. B. Watson, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 †)
To ITIS
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Unreviewed
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