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Rictaxis albus (Sowerby III, 1874) 
AphiaID: 590709

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > [unassigned] Heterobranchia (Infraclass) > Acteonoidea (Superfamily) > Acteonidae (Family) > Rictaxis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Rictaxis Dall, 1871
Synonymised
taxa		  Acteon albus (Sowerby, 1874)
 Tornatella alba Sowerby III, 1874 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 129 [details]

from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

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): 172 [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:590709
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2011-12-13 20:38:55Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-02-14 08:32:04Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-07-05 14:31:29Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Rictaxis albus (Sowerby III, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590709 on 2013-05-19
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