WoRMS name details
Dentalium africanum G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
769041 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:769041)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 224, pl. 5, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 224, pl. 5, fig. 10. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium africanum G. B. Sowerby III, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=769041 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 224, pl. 5, fig. 10. [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 224, pl. 5, fig. 10. [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Barnard K.H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. <i>Annals of the South African Museum</i>, 47(2): 201–360., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854592
page(s): 351. [details]
page(s): 351. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype ZMB Moll. 59 876, geounit Natal [details]
