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WoRMS name details

Pleurotoma (Drillia) maorum E. A. Smith, 1877

AphiaID

1539902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1539902)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Drillia maorum (E. A. Smith, 1877) accepted as Antimelatoma buchanani (F. W. Hutton, 1873)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurotoma (Drillia) J. E. Gray, 1838 accepted as Drillia J. E. Gray, 1838

Original name

Pleurotoma (Drillia) maorum E. A. Smith, 1877

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1877). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 19: 488-501., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774
page(s): 497. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma (Drillia) maorum E. A. Smith, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1539902 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-12 09:54:34Z

created

Herbert, David

2023-08-11 07:06:34Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Smith, E. A. (1877). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 19: 488-501., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774
page(s): 497. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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