WoRMS taxon details
Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
AphiaID: 599731
AphiaID: 599731
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Fissurelloidea (Superfamily) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Diodorinae (Subfamily) > Cosmetalepas (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] (incorrect gender ending) Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926 (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): 35 [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): 12 [details] basis of record (from synonym): Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Sarino J.C. (2011) Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia. Visaya 3(4): 71-75. [November 2011] [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Tomlin J.R. le B. (1926) On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Museum 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16. page(s): 296 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599731 | |||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599731 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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