WoRMS taxon details
Austromitra kowieensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901)
410830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410830)
accepted
Species
Mitra becki W. H. Turton, 1933 · unaccepted
Mitra eucosmia W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Mitra helena W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra...)
invalid: junior homonym of Mitra helena Bartsch, 1915; Mitra becki W. H. Turton, 1933 is a replacement name
Mitra kowieensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1901 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Mitra kowieensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1901) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1901). On seven new species of marine Mollusca collected by Dr. H. Becker at “The Kowie”, South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 213–215, pl. 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15798167 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Austromitra kowieensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410830 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra becki W. H. Turton, 1933) Turton, W. H. (1933). Errata [to: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London.]. 1 p. [published 14 February 1933]. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Mitra eucosmia W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 47, pl. 10, fig. 353. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mitra kowieensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1901) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1901). On seven new species of marine Mollusca collected by Dr. H. Becker at “The Kowie”, South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 213–215, pl. 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15798167 [details]
original description (of Mitra helena W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 47, pl. 10, sp. 352. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Lussi M. (2015). Description of three new species of <i>Austromitra</i> with a revision of the genus occurring in South Africa (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 88: 18-25. [details]
[request]original description (of Mitra eucosmia W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 47, pl. 10, fig. 353. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mitra kowieensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1901) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1901). On seven new species of marine Mollusca collected by Dr. H. Becker at “The Kowie”, South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 213–215, pl. 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15798167 [details]
original description (of Mitra helena W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 47, pl. 10, sp. 352. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Lussi M. (2015). Description of three new species of <i>Austromitra</i> with a revision of the genus occurring in South Africa (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 88: 18-25. [details]
Other
additional source
Turner H. (2001) <i>Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea)</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 109 [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): 142. [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 109 [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): 142. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
