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Tritia elegans (J. de C. Sowerby, 1824) †
1823604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1823604)
accepted
Species
Buccinum elegans J. de C. Sowerby, 1824 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (junior homonym of Buccinum...)
junior homonym of Buccinum elegans O. G. Costa, 1822
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Buccinum elegans J. de C. Sowerby, 1824 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1823-1825). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. V. London, privately published, pp. 1-168 + index [169-171], pl. 408-503 [1823: pp. 1-64, pl. 408-443; 1824: pp. 65-138, pl. 444-485; 1825: pp. 139-171, pl. 486-503]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50318
page(s): 121, pl. 477, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 121, pl. 477, fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tritia elegans (J. de C. Sowerby, 1824) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1823604 on 2025-09-10
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(of Buccinum elegans J. de C. Sowerby, 1824 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1823-1825). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. V. London, privately published, pp. 1-168 + index [169-171], pl. 408-503 [1823: pp. 1-64, pl. 408-443; 1824: pp. 65-138, pl. 444-485; 1825: pp. 139-171, pl. 486-503]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50318
page(s): 121, pl. 477, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Moerdijk, P.W., Rijken, A.C. & Pouwer, R. (2025). <i>Tritia crassisculpta</i> (Harmer, 1914) from the Late Pliocene of the Netherlands and Belgium (Gastropoda: Nassariidae), with <i>Tritia waltonensis</i> nom. nov. for <i>Buccinum granulatum</i> J. Sowerby, 1815, non Born, 1778. <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 1-8.
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page(s): 121, pl. 477, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Moerdijk, P.W., Rijken, A.C. & Pouwer, R. (2025). <i>Tritia crassisculpta</i> (Harmer, 1914) from the Late Pliocene of the Netherlands and Belgium (Gastropoda: Nassariidae), with <i>Tritia waltonensis</i> nom. nov. for <i>Buccinum granulatum</i> J. Sowerby, 1815, non Born, 1778. <em>Basteria.</em> 89(1): 1-8.
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
