MolluscaBase - Aplysia angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1869

WoRMS name details

Aplysia angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1869

AphiaID

746652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746652)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830

Rank

Species

Parent

Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Aplysia angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1869

Environment

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

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189
page(s): sp. 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia angasi G. B. Sowerby II, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746652 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-15 11:01:15Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2017-06-28 03:20:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-05-12 06:05:54Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2022-06-13 02:02:16Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-12-12 18:45:19Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (4)

Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189
page(s): sp. 35 [details]

basis of record Rosenberg, G. (2009). Malacolog 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca., available online at http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. Molluscan Research. 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]

Other

additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]