Marine Species Traits - Thapsia elgonensis (Preston, 1914)

Traits taxon details

Thapsia elgonensis (Preston, 1914)

AphiaID

1371406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1371406)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860

Original name

Gudeella elgonensis Preston, 1914

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Preston, H.B. (1914). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Zonitidae from Equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 82 (3): 787-811, pl. 1-3. London. [7 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856124
page(s): 791, pl. 3, fig. 19. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thapsia elgonensis (Preston, 1914). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371406 on 2025-05-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Thapsia elgonensis (Preston, 1914). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371406 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-08-25 13:48:02Z

created

Herbert, David

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Sources (3)
Attributes (3)

original description (of ) Preston, H.B. (1914). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Zonitidae from Equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 82 (3): 787-811, pl. 1-3. London. [7 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856124
page(s): 791, pl. 3, fig. 19. [details]

additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Germain, L. (1923). Voyage de M. Guy Babault dans l'Afrique Orientale Anglaise. Résultats scientifiques: Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Paris. Pp. 1–149, pls 1–4.
page(s): 44 [details]

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