Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Clathurellidae > Genus Pleurotomoides

Pleurotomoides gracilis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleurotomoides*	Bronn, 1831	accepted genus name
*Bellardiella*	P. Fischer, 1883	junior homonym
*Defrancia*	Millet, 1827	junior homonym
*Comarmondia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Mangilia (Bellardiella)*	P. Fischer, 1883	synonym
*Pleurotoma (Defrancia)*	Millet, 1827	synonym
*Pleurotoma (Pleurotomoides)*	Bronn, 1831	synonym

Species group names

*Pleurotoma propinqua*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1838	junior homonym
*Bellardiella gracilis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Clathurella emarginata*	(Donovan, 1804)	synonym
*Clathurella emarginata var. obsoletecostata*	Sacco, 1890	synonym
*Comarmondia gracilis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Fusus branscombi*	W. Clark, 1849	synonym
*Murex emarginatus*	Donovan, 1804	synonym
*Murex oblongus*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Peratotoma gracilis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Peratotoma gracilis var. obsoletocostata*	(Sacco, 1890)	synonym
*Pleurotoma comarmondi*	Michaud, 1829	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Landau, B. & Harzhauser, M. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 15: Borsoniidae, Clathurellidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). Cainozoic Research. 22(2): 103-156.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomoides gracilis (Montagu, 1803). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1617535