Marine Species Traits - Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882)

WoRMS taxon details

Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882)

AphiaID

434813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434813)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Psittacodrillia Kilburn, 1988

Original name

Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882

Synonymised names

Crassispira diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted

Drillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted

Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Pleurotoma diversa E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 206-218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29869922
page(s): 207. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Algoa Bay

type locality contained in Algoa Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434813 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 09:46:51Z

created

Tucker, John

2012-07-04 18:46:28Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2021-04-10 08:36:43Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 206-218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29869922
page(s): 207. [details]

basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 152 [details]

new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167-320.
page(s): 254, figs 21, 203-206. [details]

Other

additional source Aiken, R. (2021). Description of three new species of turrids (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from South Africa, with a validation of two species. Visaya. 5 (5): 105-125.
page(s): 107, pl. 1 figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors