WoRMS name details
Crassatella africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
539053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:539053)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878; C. capensis Lamy, 1917 is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 9, pl. 6 fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 9, pl. 6 fig. 13 [details]
Type locality contained in Mossel bay
type locality contained in Mossel bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassatella africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=539053 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 9, pl. 6 fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 9, pl. 6 fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
