''Pleurotoma mediocris'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Tucker, J. (2015). Pleurotoma mediocris Deshayes, 1863. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437034 on 2016-08-14]
According to the
World Register of Marine Species, this is a
nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
and
New Caledonia
)
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References
External links
Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) ''The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus ''Clavus'' Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea)''. Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69
Turridae
Gastropods described in 1863
Nomina dubia
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