WoRMS taxon details
Dacosta australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1827)
573732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573732)
accepted
Species
Clavagella australis G. B. Sowerby I, 1827 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clavagella australis G. B. Sowerby I, 1827) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1827). Catalogue of the whole of that splendid collection of rare shells, madrepores, carved paddles and other curiosities formed by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, … and brought home by the Pacific Pearl Company's Ship, the Sir George Osborne. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sowerby … on Thursday, July 26th, 1827. London. 10 pp.; Appendix. Observations on a few of the most remarkable shells collected by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury on the coast of some of the islands of the Australasian and Polynesian groups, together with descriptions of a few new species. London. 4 pp., 1 pl. [July].
page(s): 4, App. 3, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 4, App. 3, fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Jackson
type locality contained in Port Jackson [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dacosta australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573732 on 2025-05-05
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(of Clavagella australis G. B. Sowerby I, 1827) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1827). Catalogue of the whole of that splendid collection of rare shells, madrepores, carved paddles and other curiosities formed by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, … and brought home by the Pacific Pearl Company's Ship, the Sir George Osborne. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sowerby … on Thursday, July 26th, 1827. London. 10 pp.; Appendix. Observations on a few of the most remarkable shells collected by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury on the coast of some of the islands of the Australasian and Polynesian groups, together with descriptions of a few new species. London. 4 pp., 1 pl. [July].
page(s): 4, App. 3, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
page(s): 4, App. 3, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
