WoRMS taxon details
Prosipho crassicostatus (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
197402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197402)
accepted
Species
Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907 · unaccepted (basionym)
Chrysodomus crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907 · unaccepted (original combination)
Prosipho aurora Hedley, 1916 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 46 (1): 119-157, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41729893
page(s): 138-139, figs 10, 10a. [details]
page(s): 138-139, figs 10, 10a. [details]
Type locality contained in South Orkneys
type locality contained in South Orkneys [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prosipho crassicostatus (Melvill & Standen, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197402 on 2025-12-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Prosipho aurora Hedley, 1916) Hedley, C. (1916). Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Scientifc Reports, series C - Zoology and Botany. 4: 1-80, 3 text-figs., pls. 1-9. R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. North Terrace, Adelaide., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57464338
page(s): 56, pl. 8, fig. 91 [details]
original description (of Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 46 (1): 119-157, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41729893
page(s): 138-139, figs 10, 10a. [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
page(s): 56, pl. 8, fig. 91 [details]
original description (of Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 46 (1): 119-157, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41729893
page(s): 138-139, figs 10, 10a. [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1 [details] 
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prosipho aurora Hedley, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907; Paralectotype(s); NMS.Z.1921.143.664.2) (from synonym Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907)
To Malacopics (Prosipho crassicostatus (Melvill & Standen,1907) South Shetland Islands, King Georg...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Prosipho aurora Hedley, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907; Paralectotype(s); NMS.Z.1921.143.664.2) (from synonym Chrysodomus (Sipho) crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907)
To Malacopics (Prosipho crassicostatus (Melvill & Standen,1907) South Shetland Islands, King Georg...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Prosipho aurora Hedley, 1916)
