Original name: Pleurotoma rugosa Mighels, 1845.
« We propose this name for the Sandwich Island shell named Pleurotoma rugosa by Mighels, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. ii., p. 23, 1845, as the name is doubly invalid, having been twice used for fossils. » Iredale & Tomlin: “Lienardia mighelsi nom. nov”, Journal of Conchology vol. 15(7), Paris 1917, p.216.
Above and below: 60m deep, Bozcaada island, Çanakkale province, W. Marmara, NW. Turkey. 7,6mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
« Shell thick, solid, covered with coarse ribs, and rather coarse transverse striae; whorls seven, convex; suture accompanied with a purple line on a straw-colored ground; aperture narrow, striated internally; lip thick; fissure well marked; canal very short. » – J. W. Mighels: “Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities”, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History vol.2, Boston 1845, p.23.