WoRMS taxon details
Asteracmea maraisi (Kilburn, 1977)
1361484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1361484)
accepted
Species
Acmaea (Tectura) maraisi Kilburn, 1977 · unaccepted
Acmaea maraisi Kilburn, 1977 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patelloida maraisi (Kilburn, 1977) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acmaea (Tectura) maraisi Kilburn, 1977) Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Asteracmea maraisi (Kilburn, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1361484 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
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(of Acmaea (Tectura) maraisi Kilburn, 1977) Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]





From editor or global species database
Transfer authority As yet there is no published new combination reference for the transfer of maraisi from Acmaea to Asteracmea, but the species is clearly not referable to Acmaea and it is much closer to Asteracmea. [details]