African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pleurotomella cala (R. B. Watson, 1886)

AfReMaS taxon details

Pleurotomella cala (R. B. Watson, 1886)

AphiaID

709392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709392)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurotomella A. E. Verrill, 1872

Original name

Clathurella cala R. B. Watson, 1886

Synonymised names

Philbertia cala (R. B. Watson, 1886) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) 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. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 361 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella cala (R. B. Watson, 1886). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709392 on 2026-09-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pleurotomella cala (R. B. Watson, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709392 on 2026-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-10-29 23:58:46Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-05-04 06:25:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) 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. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 361 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

basis of record Figueira R.M. Andrade & Absalão R.S. (2012) Deep-water Raphitomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil. Zootaxa 3527: 1–27. [26 Oct. 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3527.1.1 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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