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Alcira elegans H. Adams, 1861 
AphiaID: 511808

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Columbellidae (Family) > Alcira (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Alcira H. Adams, 1861
Parent Alcira H. Adams, 1861
Synonymised
taxa
  Alcira elegans guttata Turton, 1932
Mitrella elegans (H. Adams, 1861)
Sources  basis of record: Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. com. [details]

from synonym: 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): 102 [details] [view taxon]


identification resource: Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

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Subspecies Alcira elegans guttata Turton, 1932 accepted as Alcira elegans H. Adams, 1861
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Alcira elegans
Alcira elegans
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: checked by Monsecour, Kevin on 2013-03-02 09:05:25
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511808
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Date   action   by
2010-09-01 19:50:42Z  created  Monsecour, Kevin
2010-09-03 18:02:17Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Monsecour, K. (2013). Alcira elegans H. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511808 on 2013-05-19
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