WoRMS taxon details
Protoma knockeri Baird, 1870
446502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446502)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Baird, W. (1870). Description of a new genus and species of shells from Whydah, on the west coast of Africa, with some remarks on the genus <i>Proto</i> of Defrance. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> pp. 59-61.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
Type locality contained in West Africa Coast
type locality contained in West Africa Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protoma knockeri Baird, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446502 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Baird, W. (1870). Description of a new genus and species of shells from Whydah, on the west coast of Africa, with some remarks on the genus <i>Proto</i> of Defrance. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> pp. 59-61.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
Other
additional source
Marche-Marchad, I. (1960). Les Turritellidae de l'Afrique Occidentale (Gastropodes Prosobranches marins). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér. A.</em> 22(3): 855-884, 3 pl. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): p. 736, n. 74 [details]
[request]additional source Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): p. 736, n. 74 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
