WoRMS taxon details
Veprecula pungens (A. Gould, 1860)
435197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435197)
accepted
Species
Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (invamid: junior homonym of...)
invamid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma asperulata Lamarck, 1822; Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918, is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860) Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 339. [details]
page(s): 339. [details]
Type locality contained in Hong Kong Island
type locality contained in Hong Kong Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Veprecula pungens (A. Gould, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435197 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860) Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 339. [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 296-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244320
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 333 [details]
page(s): 339. [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 296-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244320
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 333 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トゲコウシツブ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clavatula pungens Gould, 1860 Holotype USNM 515) (from synonym Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clavatula pungens Gould, 1860 Holotype USNM 515) (from synonym Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Clavatula pungens A. Gould, 1860)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
