WoRMS taxon details
Dentimargo allporti (Tenison Woods, 1876)
473719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473719)
accepted
Species
Dentimargo difficilis (Gabriel, 1962) · unaccepted (synonym)
Marginella allporti Tenison Woods, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Volvarinella allporti (Tenison Woods, 1876) · unaccepted (original combination)
Volvarinella difficilis Gabriel, 1962 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Marginella allporti Tenison Woods, 1876) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> (1875): 27-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12288977
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
Type locality contained in Southeast Australian Shelf
type locality contained in Southeast Australian Shelf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dentimargo allporti (Tenison Woods, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473719 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Marginella allporti Tenison Woods, 1876) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1876). On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> (1875): 27-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12288977
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Volvarinella difficilis Gabriel, 1962) Gabriel, C. J. (1962). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new species and two subspecies. <i>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria</i>. 25: 177-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1962.25.10
page(s): 196 [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Volvarinella difficilis Gabriel, 1962) Gabriel, C. J. (1962). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new species and two subspecies. <i>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria</i>. 25: 177-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1962.25.10
page(s): 196 [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
