Deep-Sea taxon details
Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881)
139388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139388)
accepted
Species
Gymnobela chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mangilia (Pleurotomella) catasarca (Dall, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mangilia (Pleurotomella) chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mangilia (Pleurotomella) chariessa var. tellea Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa R. B. Watson, 1881 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma gisota Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Pleurotoma turrisulcatum Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotomella catasarca Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotomella chariessa var. tellea (Dall, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotomella jeffreysii A. E. Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa R. B. Watson, 1881) Watson, R.B. (1881). Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII, IX, X. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 15: 388-475., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088539
page(s): 458 [details]
page(s): 458 [details]
Distribution Range: 41.41°N to 9.08°S; 79.43°W to 0°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New Jersey, to Puerto Rico: Culebra Island;...
Distribution Range: 41.41°N to 9.08°S; 79.43°W to 0°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New Jersey, to Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139388 on 2026-07-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139388 on 2026-07-06
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa R. B. Watson, 1881) Watson, R.B. (1881). Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII, IX, X. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 15: 388-475., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088539
page(s): 458 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma gisota Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 9: 395-498, pl. 15-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10117292
page(s): 412, pl. 17 figs 4-5 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma turrisulcatum Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1 p. 205-207, pl. 9 fig. 17-21 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 195-196, pl. 8 fig. 22-29 [details]
original description (of Pleurotomella catasarca Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Pleurotomella jeffreysii A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444 [details]
original description (of Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927) Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(2667): 1-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Mangilia (Pleurotomella) chariessa var. tellea Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 123 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> Suppl. 8: 1-119 [December]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/46.supplement_8.1
page(s): 59, figs 14, 129-130, 254-255 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
additional source Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of <i>Austrobela, Spergo, Theta</i> and <i>Austrotheta</i> (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> DOI 10.1111/jzs.12512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12512
page(s): fig. 15c [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]
page(s): 458 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma gisota Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 9: 395-498, pl. 15-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10117292
page(s): 412, pl. 17 figs 4-5 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma turrisulcatum Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1 p. 205-207, pl. 9 fig. 17-21 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 195-196, pl. 8 fig. 22-29 [details]
original description (of Pleurotomella catasarca Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Pleurotomella jeffreysii A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444 [details]
original description (of Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927) Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(2667): 1-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Mangilia (Pleurotomella) chariessa var. tellea Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 123 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> Suppl. 8: 1-119 [December]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/46.supplement_8.1
page(s): 59, figs 14, 129-130, 254-255 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
additional source Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of <i>Austrobela, Spergo, Theta</i> and <i>Austrotheta</i> (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> DOI 10.1111/jzs.12512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12512
page(s): fig. 15c [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 41.41°N to 9.08°S; 79.43°W to 0°W. Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New Jersey, to Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa R. B. Watson, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897)
To Malacopics (Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, off Joatinga)
To Malacopics (Theta chariessa (R.B.Watson,1881) Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Trinity bay, G...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 108310 Syntype Shell SEM Plate) (from synonym Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa var. tellea (Dall, 1889))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella catasarca Dall, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella jeffreysii A. E. Verrill, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa R. B. Watson, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma gisota Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma turrisulcatum Locard, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897)
To Malacopics (Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, off Joatinga)
To Malacopics (Theta chariessa (R.B.Watson,1881) Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Trinity bay, G...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 108310 Syntype Shell SEM Plate) (from synonym Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa var. tellea (Dall, 1889))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma urinator Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella catasarca Dall, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella jeffreysii A. E. Verrill, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotomella stearina Dall, 1927)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa R. B. Watson, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma gisota Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma turrisulcatum Locard, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurotomella chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
