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WoRMS taxon details

Pilsbryspira aterrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

AphiaID

434632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434632)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pilsbryspira Bartsch, 1950

Original name

Pleurotoma aterrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Synonymised names

Pleurotoma aterrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pleurotoma atrior C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pleurotoma aterrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pilsbryspira aterrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434632 on 2026-10-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 09:46:51Z

created

Tucker, John

2020-05-12 06:05:54Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pleurotoma atrior C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 362 [details]

original description (of Pleurotoma aterrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 137 [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors