WoRMS name details
Aforia lepta (R. B. Watson, 1881)
432912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432912)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma lepta Edwards, 1861; Aforia watsoni is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Surcula) lepta R. B. Watson, 1881) Watson, R.B. (1881). Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII, IX, X. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 15: 388-475., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088539
page(s): 391 [details]
page(s): 391 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aforia lepta (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432912 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Surcula) lepta R. B. Watson, 1881) Watson, R.B. (1881). Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII, IX, X. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 15: 388-475., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088539
page(s): 391 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
page(s): 391 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
