Marine Species Traits - Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)

Traits taxon details

Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)

AphiaID

1326483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1326483)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877

Original name

Streptaxis welwitschi Morelet, 1867

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) Morelet, A. (1867 ["1868"]). Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 102 pp., 9 pls, map. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12983668
page(s): 57, pl. 1, fig. 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326483 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326483 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-02-11 14:05:35Z

created

Herbert, David

2019-05-24 07:13:39Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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Sources (3)
Attributes (3)

original description (of ) Morelet, A. (1867 ["1868"]). Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 102 pp., 9 pls, map. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12983668
page(s): 57, pl. 1, fig. 7 [details]

additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 483 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Bequaert, J. C. & Clench, W. J. (1936). Studies of African land and fresh-water mollusks. Notes on Gonaxis Taylor, with description of a new species. Journal of Conchology. 20(9): 263–273.
page(s): 270 [details] Available for editors

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