WoRMS taxon details
Theta A. H. Clarke, 1959
137834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137834)
accepted
Genus
Pleurotomella (Theta) lyronuclea A. H. Clarke, 1959 accepted as Theta lyronuclea (A. H. Clarke, 1959) (type by original designation)
Pleurotomella (Theta) A. H. Clarke, 1959 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Theta argeta (Dall, 1890)
- Species Theta baiocchii Nappo & Pellegrini, 2021
- Species Theta camerunensis (Thiele, 1925)
- Species Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Theta chrysopelex (Barnard, 1963)
- Species Theta homoeotata (R. B. Watson, 1886)
- Species Theta latistriata (Kantor & Sysoev, 1986)
- Species Theta lyronuclea (A. H. Clarke, 1959)
- Species Theta microcostellata Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
- Species Theta papyracea (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Species Theta vayssierei (Dautzenberg, 1925)
- Species Theta lanceata (Dall, 1927) accepted as Gymnobela lanceata Dall, 1927
- Species Theta polita Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021 accepted as Theta argeta (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Pleurotomella (Theta) A. H. Clarke, 1959) Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1959). New abyssal molluscs from off Bermuda collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 33(5): 231–238, pl. 13. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Theta A. H. Clarke, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137834 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotomella (Theta) A. H. Clarke, 1959) Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1959). New abyssal molluscs from off Bermuda collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 33(5): 231–238, pl. 13. [details]
basis of record 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 [details] Available for editors
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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].
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record 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 [details] Available for editors

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].
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]