WoRMS taxon details
Seila atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
1530628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1530628)
accepted
Species
Cerithiopsis albosutura Tenison Woods, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithiopsis atkinsoni Tenison Woods, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerithiopsis purpurea Angas, 1877 · unaccepted > junior homonym (primary homonym of Cerithiopsis...)
primary homonym of Cerithiopsis purpurea P. P. Carpenter, 1864
Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cerithiopsis atkinsoni Tenison Woods, 1876) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1875: 134–162., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289117
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Bass Strait
type locality contained in Australian part of the Bass Strait [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Seila atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1530628 on 2026-03-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerithiopsis atkinsoni Tenison Woods, 1876) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1875: 134–162., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289117
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Cerithiopsis albosutura Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Cerithiopsis purpurea Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1877): 34-40, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510576
page(s): 36, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Beechey, D. (2004-2025). Seashells of New South Wales (online). , available online at http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/ [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Cerithiopsis albosutura Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Cerithiopsis purpurea Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1877): 34-40, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510576
page(s): 36, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Beechey, D. (2004-2025). Seashells of New South Wales (online). , available online at http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
To Conchology (Seila albosutura) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
To Conchology (Seila albosutura) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
To Conchology (Seila albosutura) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
To Conchology (Seila albosutura) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
To Conchology (Seila albosutura) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
To Conchology (Seila albosutura) (from synonym Seila albosutura (Tenison Woods, 1877))
