WoRMS taxon details
Leucotina puncturata (E. A. Smith, 1872)
731107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731107)
accepted
Species
Adelactaeon puncturata (E. A. Smith, 1872) · unaccepted
Monoptygma (Myonia) puncturata E. A. Smith, 1872 · unaccepted (basionym)
Monoptygma puncturata E. A. Smith, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monoptygma (Myonia) puncturata E. A. Smith, 1872) Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): 734, pl. 75, fig. 16. [details]
page(s): 734, pl. 75, fig. 16. [details]
Type locality contained in Beninese Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Beninese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy New combination, herein, to be consistent with placement of Adelactaeon Cossmann, 1895 in synonymy of Leucotina A. Adams, 1860
Taxonomy New combination, herein, to be consistent with placement of Adelactaeon Cossmann, 1895 in synonymy of Leucotina A. Adams, 1860 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leucotina puncturata (E. A. Smith, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731107 on 2026-08-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monoptygma (Myonia) puncturata E. A. Smith, 1872) Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): 734, pl. 75, fig. 16. [details]
page(s): 734, pl. 75, fig. 16. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy New combination, herein, to be consistent with placement of Adelactaeon Cossmann, 1895 in synonymy of Leucotina A. Adams, 1860 [details]
