WoRMS taxon details
Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854)
217258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217258)
accepted
Species
Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959 · unaccepted
Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of the genera <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Niso</i>, <i>Leiostraca</i>, <i>Obeliscus</i>, <i>Pyramidella</i>, and <i>Monoptygma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 793-825, pl. 169-172. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076023
page(s): 814, pl. 172, fig. 9. [details]
page(s): 814, pl. 172, fig. 9. [details]
Type locality contained in Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217258 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of the genera <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Niso</i>, <i>Leiostraca</i>, <i>Obeliscus</i>, <i>Pyramidella</i>, and <i>Monoptygma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 793-825, pl. 169-172. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076023
page(s): 814, pl. 172, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of the genera <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Niso</i>, <i>Leiostraca</i>, <i>Obeliscus</i>, <i>Pyramidella</i>, and <i>Monoptygma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 793-825, pl. 169-172. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076023
page(s): 814-815, pl. 172, fig. 10. [details]
original description (of Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959) Laseron, C. F. (1959). Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 10 (2): 177-267. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of the genera <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Niso</i>, <i>Leiostraca</i>, <i>Obeliscus</i>, <i>Pyramidella</i>, and <i>Monoptygma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 793-825, pl. 169-172. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076023
page(s): 814, pl. 172, fig. 8. [details]
basis of record Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 201. [details]
page(s): 814, pl. 172, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of the genera <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Niso</i>, <i>Leiostraca</i>, <i>Obeliscus</i>, <i>Pyramidella</i>, and <i>Monoptygma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 793-825, pl. 169-172. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076023
page(s): 814-815, pl. 172, fig. 10. [details]
original description (of Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959) Laseron, C. F. (1959). Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 10 (2): 177-267. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of the genera <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Niso</i>, <i>Leiostraca</i>, <i>Obeliscus</i>, <i>Pyramidella</i>, and <i>Monoptygma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 793-825, pl. 169-172. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076023
page(s): 814, pl. 172, fig. 8. [details]
basis of record Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 201. [details]
Other
additional source
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): 356 [details]
additional source 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): 172 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. <em>Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius.</em> [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 356 [details]
additional source 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): 172 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors

additional source Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. <em>Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius.</em> [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]





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Remark Also Subgenus Pyramidella in Vine,1986 . [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854) Guam, collected April 1984, ex coll. J.Ph. Voor...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854) Guam, collected April 1984, ex coll. J.Ph. Voor...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection