Provocator
creator: Bail, Patrice
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Provocator R. B. Watson, 1882
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Provocator R. B. Watson, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382330 on 2026-08-29
created: 2009-02-04T11:57:56Z
modified: 2019-12-29T21:55:40Z
replaces: 197003
replaces: 385508
replaces: 382332
replaces: 382331
replaces: 385430
replaces: 385431
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Provocator R. B. Watson, 1882
class: Gastropoda
family: Volutidae
genus: Provocator
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883].
name published in: Finlay, H.J. (1926). On Iredalina, new genus: a volute without plaits. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17: 59-62.
name published in: Watson, R. B. (1886). Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. 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.
name published in: Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 16: 247-254.
name published in year: 1879-1883
name published in year: 1926
name published in year: 1886
name published in year: 1882
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 382326
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: R. B. Watson, 1882
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted