WoRMS taxon details

Tomichia tristis (Morelet, 1889)

405099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405099)

accepted
Species
Assiminea lirata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hydrobia tristis Morelet, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tomichia lirata (W. H. Turton, 1932) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hydrobia tristis Morelet, 1889) Morelet, A. (1889). Coquilles nouvelles de l'Afrique méridionale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 5-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015398
page(s): 18, pl. 2, fig. 4. [details] 
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth  
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tomichia tristis (Morelet, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405099 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature

original description (of Hydrobia tristis Morelet, 1889) Morelet, A. (1889). Coquilles nouvelles de l'Afrique méridionale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 5-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015398
page(s): 18, pl. 2, fig. 4. [details] 

original description (of Assiminea lirata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 154, pl. 35, sp. 1097. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 582 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607 Pagination of e-version (2005) differs from printed version (1994).
page(s): 77, fig. 37b, 39d [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Davis, G. M. (1981). Different modes of evolution and adaptive radiation in the Pomatiopsidae (Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda). <em>Malacologia.</em> 21(1–2): 209–262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13111152 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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