WoRMS taxon details
Pilsbryspira aterrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
434632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434632)
accepted
Species
Pleurotoma aterrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pleurotoma atrior C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(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]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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]
page(s): 137 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). 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 2025-08-25
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Nomenclature
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]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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]
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. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 362 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
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. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 362 [details]
Other





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Pilsbryspira aterrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, on intertidal rocks and mud at low tide, by trawling, at 35-50 m depth, collected 2001-02-00, ex coll....
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Pilsbryspira aterrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, on intertidal rocks and mud at low tide, by trawling, at 35-50 m depth, collected 2001-02-00, ex coll....
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection