WoRMS taxon details
Austrobela xanthias (R. B. Watson, 1886)
1774702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774702)
accepted
Species
Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias R. B. Watson, 1886 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma xanthias R. B. Watson, 1886 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Xanthodaphne xanthias (R. B. Watson, 1886) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias R. B. Watson, 1886) Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 334 [details]
page(s): 334 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Austrobela xanthias (R. B. Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774702 on 2026-09-20
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(of Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias R. B. Watson, 1886) Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 334 [details]
new combination reference Marshall, B. A., Bolstad, K. S. R. & Enderby, A. (2023). Checklist of extant Mollusca known from the New Zealand EEZ. In Walton, K., Marshall, B. A. & Spencer, H. G. (2023). Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (Clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods & others). Chapter 14 in Kelly, M., Terezow, M., Sim-Smith, C. & Nelson, W. (Eds) The marine biota of Aotearoa New Zealand. Updating our marine biodiversity. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 221-237.
page(s): 229 [details]
page(s): 334 [details]
new combination reference Marshall, B. A., Bolstad, K. S. R. & Enderby, A. (2023). Checklist of extant Mollusca known from the New Zealand EEZ. In Walton, K., Marshall, B. A. & Spencer, H. G. (2023). Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (Clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods & others). Chapter 14 in Kelly, M., Terezow, M., Sim-Smith, C. & Nelson, W. (Eds) The marine biota of Aotearoa New Zealand. Updating our marine biodiversity. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 221-237.
page(s): 229 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias Watson, 1885; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3500430) (from synonym Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias R. B. Watson, 1886)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
