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Vanikoro expansa G. B. Sowerby III, 1901
1439477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439477)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1901). Descriptions of five new species of shells. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 8(4): 101–103, pl. 9. [30 December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28220765
page(s): 102, pl. 9, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 102, pl. 9, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Australian part of the Indian Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vanikoro expansa G. B. Sowerby III, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439477 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1901). Descriptions of five new species of shells. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 8(4): 101–103, pl. 9. [30 December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28220765
page(s): 102, pl. 9, fig. 3 [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]
additional source Smith, E. A. (1908). On the known Recent species of the genus <i>Vanikoro</i>, Quoy & Gaimard. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 104-117., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058297
page(s): 109; note: Probably based on a juvenile of a larger species [details]
page(s): 102, pl. 9, fig. 3 [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]
additional source Smith, E. A. (1908). On the known Recent species of the genus <i>Vanikoro</i>, Quoy & Gaimard. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 104-117., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058297
page(s): 109; note: Probably based on a juvenile of a larger species [details]
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