Deep-Sea name details
Aforia lepta (R. B. Watson, 1881)
432912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432912)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma lepta Edwards, 1861; Aforia watsoni is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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): 391 [details]
page(s): 391 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aforia lepta (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=432912 on 2026-04-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aforia lepta (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432912 on 2026-04-08
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original description
(of ) 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): 391 [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 Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [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): 391 [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 Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aforia lepta (Watson, 1882) shell dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aforia lepta (Watson, 1882) shell lateral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aforia lepta (Watson, 1882) shell dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aforia lepta (Watson, 1882) shell lateral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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