WoRMS taxon details
Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871)
367567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367567)
accepted
Species
Bela laevigata Dall, 1871 · unaccepted
Lora simplex (Middendorff, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849) · unaccepted (invalid; based on preoccupied...)
invalid; based on preoccupied original name
Oenopota simplex (Middendorff, 1849) · unaccepted (preoccupied name, synonym,...)
preoccupied name, synonym, currently in Obesotoma
Pleurotoma simplex Middendorff, 1849 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not Philippi, 1844)
Pleurotoma violacea var. moerchi Leche, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Bela laevigata Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 98, pl. 16 fig. 7; note: as Bela? laevigata [details]
page(s): 98, pl. 16 fig. 7; note: as Bela? laevigata [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367567 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma simplex Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 448 [details]
original description (of Bela laevigata Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 98, pl. 16 fig. 7; note: as Bela? laevigata [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma violacea var. moerchi Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 57, pl. 1 fig. 18 [details]
page(s): 448 [details]
original description (of Bela laevigata Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 98, pl. 16 fig. 7; note: as Bela? laevigata [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma violacea var. moerchi Leche, 1878) Leche, W. (1878). Öfversigt öfver de af svenska expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade. Hafsmollusker. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ny följd.</em> 16(2): 1-86, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811522
page(s): 57, pl. 1 fig. 18 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Bela laevigata Dall, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Oenopota simplex (Middendorff, 1849))
To Malacopics (Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871) Norway, Svalbard, beached, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871) )
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma simplex Middendorff, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Bela laevigata Dall, 1871)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma violacea var. moerchi Leche, 1878)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Bela laevigata Dall, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Oenopota simplex (Middendorff, 1849))
To Malacopics (Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871) Norway, Svalbard, beached, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871) )
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma simplex Middendorff, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Bela laevigata Dall, 1871)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma violacea var. moerchi Leche, 1878)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Obesotoma simplex (Middendorf, 1849))
Unreviewed
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