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

Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Theta*	A. H. Clarke, 1959	accepted genus name
*Pleurotomella (Theta)*	A. H. Clarke, 1959	synonym

Species group names

*Mangilia (Pleurotomella) chariessa*	(R. B. Watson, 1881)	synonym
*Mangilia (Pleurotomella) chariessa var. tellea*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Pleurotoma (Defrancia) chariessa*	R. B. Watson, 1881	synonym
*Pleurotoma gisota*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896	synonym
*Pleurotoma turrisulcatum*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Pleurotoma urinator*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Pleurotomella catasarca*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Pleurotomella chariessa*	(R. B. Watson, 1881)	synonym
*Pleurotomella chariessa var. tellea*	(Dall, 1889)	synonym
*Pleurotomella jeffreysii*	A. E. Verrill, 1885	synonym
*Pleurotomella stearina*	Dall, 1927	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 8: 1-119 [December].
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of Austrobela, Spergo, Theta and Austrotheta (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI 10.1111/jzs.12512.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Theta chariessa (R. B. Watson, 1881). 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:139388