WoRMS taxon details
Microdrillia loprestiana (Calcara, 1841)
139295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139295)
accepted
Species
Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drilliola pulchella (A. E. Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Mangelia) tiara R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) comatotropis Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma crispata De Cristofori & Jan, 1832, sensu Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted > misapplication
Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma tiara R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841) Calcara P. (1841). Monografie dei generi <i>Spirorbis</i> e <i>Succinea</i> seguita da alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane. <i>Giornale Letterario 226</i>: 1-11, available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=3psEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA86
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Microdrillia loprestiana (Calcara, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139295 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841) Calcara P. (1841). Monografie dei generi <i>Spirorbis</i> e <i>Succinea</i> seguita da alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane. <i>Giornale Letterario 226</i>: 1-11, available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=3psEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA86
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 †) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †) Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866) Brusina, S. (1866). Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16 (Beilage): 1-134, 1 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41695 [details]
original description (of Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 3: 356-409., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456
page(s): 368-369 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 †) Testa, D. (1842) Due nove specie di conchiglie rinvenute nei dintorni die Palermo, Palermo. Giornale L'Oreteo, 6, 1–6. [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Mangelia) tiara 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): 440 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Mangilia) comatotropis Dall, 1881) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 58 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 22(2): 103-156., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020186/CR2022022002001-.pdf
page(s): 115 [details]
page(s): 89-90 [7 in reprint] [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 †) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †) Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866) Brusina, S. (1866). Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16 (Beilage): 1-134, 1 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41695 [details]
original description (of Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 3: 356-409., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456
page(s): 368-369 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 †) Testa, D. (1842) Due nove specie di conchiglie rinvenute nei dintorni die Palermo, Palermo. Giornale L'Oreteo, 6, 1–6. [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Mangelia) tiara 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): 440 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Mangilia) comatotropis Dall, 1881) Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 58 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 22(2): 103-156., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020186/CR2022022002001-.pdf
page(s): 115 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Civitavecchia, at 500 m de... (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) NE Atlantic, off Larache, Morocco, MOUNDFORCE ... (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To PESI (from synonym Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 †)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tiara R. B. Watson, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 †)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Civitavecchia, at 500 m de... (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) NE Atlantic, off Larache, Morocco, MOUNDFORCE ... (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To PESI (from synonym Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma barbierii Brusina, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tarentini R. A. Philippi, 1844 †)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma tiara R. B. Watson, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma trecchii Testa, 1842 †)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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.jpg "To Malacopics (Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) NE Atlantic, off Larache, Morocco, MOUNDFORCE ...")
