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Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816) 
AphiaID: 553033

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Nassariidae (Family) > Demoulia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Demoulia Gray, 1838
Synonymised
taxa
  Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822
Cassis globulus Menke, 1829
Demoulea retusa (Lamarck, 1822)
Demoulea ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Demoulea ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Nassa obtusa Marrat, 1880
Nassa retusa (Lamarck, 1822)
Nassa ventricosa Lamarck, 1816 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356. [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): 118 [details]


source of synonymy (from synonym): Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437, 15 figs. [details] [view taxon]

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 Subspecies Demoulia ventricosa nataliae Kilburn, 1972
Subspecies Demoulia ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Environment marine
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Demoulia ventricosa
Demoulia ventricosa
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:553033
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=553033 on 2013-06-19
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