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Opeas delicatum Gibbons, 1877
1292540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292540)
accepted
Species
Curvella delicata (Gibbons, 1877) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Curvella delicata var. gracilior (E. von Martens, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hapalus delicatus (Gibbons, 1877) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hapalus delicatus var. gracilior E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Opeas delicata Gibbons, 1877 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Opeas delicatum var. gracilior (E. von Martens, 1897) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Opeas delicatum var. gracilior (E. von Martens, 1897) accepted as Opeas delicatum Gibbons, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Taylor, J. W. (1877). Description of new species of land shell from the east coast of Africa. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(13): 280-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16254613
page(s): 281 [details]
page(s): 281 [details]
Type locality contained in Zanzibar
type locality contained in Zanzibar [from synonym] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opeas delicatum Gibbons, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1292540 on 2025-06-24
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original description
Taylor, J. W. (1877). Description of new species of land shell from the east coast of Africa. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(13): 280-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16254613
page(s): 281 [details]
original description (of Hapalus delicatus var. gracilior E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. In: Möbius, K.: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 4: i-v + 1-308. Berlin [Dietrich Reimer]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12943#/summary
page(s): 130. [details]
basis of record Rowson, B.; Warren, B. H.; Ngereza, C. F. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 70: 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.70.762
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Verdcourt, B. (1978). Notes on East African land and freshwater snails 11. Miscellaneous records from Kenya and Tanzania including the description of two new species. Basteria, 42: 15-26. Leiden.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 436 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 281 [details]
original description (of Hapalus delicatus var. gracilior E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. In: Möbius, K.: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 4: i-v + 1-308. Berlin [Dietrich Reimer]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12943#/summary
page(s): 130. [details]
basis of record Rowson, B.; Warren, B. H.; Ngereza, C. F. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 70: 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.70.762
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verdcourt, B. (1978). Notes on East African land and freshwater snails 11. Miscellaneous records from Kenya and Tanzania including the description of two new species. Basteria, 42: 15-26. Leiden.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 436 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
