World Register of Deep-Sea species - Kryptos tholoides (R. B. Watson, 1882)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Kryptos tholoides (R. B. Watson, 1882)

AphiaID

491055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491055)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Kryptos Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896

Original name

Pleurotoma (Drillia) tholoides R. B. Watson, 1882

Synonymised names

Pleurotoma tholoides R. B. Watson, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 16: 247-254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982488
page(s): 248 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kryptos tholoides (R. B. Watson, 1882). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491055 on 2026-09-21

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Kryptos tholoides (R. B. Watson, 1882). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491055 on 2026-09-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

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Fraussen, Koen

2011-12-25 09:11:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-06 03:18:47Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-05-24 23:03:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) Watson, R.B. (1882). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 16: 247-254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982488
page(s): 248 [details]

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

additional source Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 457-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57952981 [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma tholoides R. B. Watson, 1882)