WoRMS taxon details
Moerchia introspecta Hedley, 1907
719446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719446)
accepted
Species
Liotropica introspecta (Hedley, 1907) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hedley, C. (1907). The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 32: 476-513., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6383575
page(s): 493, pl. 20 figs 47-49 [details]
page(s): 493, pl. 20 figs 47-49 [details]
Type locality contained in Queensland
type locality contained in Queensland [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Moerchia introspecta Hedley, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719446 on 2026-02-17
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Nomenclature
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Hedley, C. (1907). The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 32: 476-513., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6383575
page(s): 493, pl. 20 figs 47-49 [details]
basis of record Raven, J. G. M. (2025). A review of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 and <i>Microthyca</i> A. Adams, 1863 from the Indo-West Pacific, with the description of a new subfamily, Moerchiinae subfam. nov. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 138-186.
page(s): 153, textfigs 15, 22, 24; pl. 6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 493, pl. 20 figs 47-49 [details]
basis of record Raven, J. G. M. (2025). A review of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 and <i>Microthyca</i> A. Adams, 1863 from the Indo-West Pacific, with the description of a new subfamily, Moerchiinae subfam. nov. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 138-186.
page(s): 153, textfigs 15, 22, 24; pl. 6 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2014). Two new species of <i>Moerchia</i> A. Adams, 1860 (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from southwest tropical Pacific. <i>Novapex</i>. 15(3-4): 63-71. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
