African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Amalda obtusa (Swainson, 1825)

AfReMaS taxon details

Amalda obtusa (Swainson, 1825)

AphiaID

410005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410005)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Orig. name

Ancillaria obtusa Swainson, 1825

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Swainson, W. J. (1825). A monograph of the genus Ancillaria, with descriptions of several new species. <em>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts.</em> 18: 272-289.
page(s): 282 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Amalda obtusa (Swainson, 1825). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410005 on 2024-04-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Amalda obtusa (Swainson, 1825). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410005 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-28 16:00:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-01-19 14:35:54Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-07-04 18:46:28Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-06-03 09:34:23Z

changed

Herbert, David

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Swainson, W. J. (1825). A monograph of the genus Ancillaria, with descriptions of several new species. <em>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts.</em> 18: 272-289.
page(s): 282 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 112 [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 128. [details]

additional source Gratecap, D. 2012. Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe. Xenophora 140: 19-29.
page(s): 28. [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 150 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)

From other sources

Amalda obtusa