WoRMS taxon details
Alora rapunculus Kilburn, 1975
216094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216094)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
page(s): 607, fig. 18a, b. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 607, fig. 18a, b. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alora rapunculus Kilburn, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216094 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
page(s): 607, fig. 18a, b. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 607, fig. 18a, b. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 82; note: possible synonym of Alora annulata (Kuroda & Ito, 1961). [details]
page(s): 82; note: possible synonym of Alora annulata (Kuroda & Ito, 1961). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
