WoRMS taxon details
Calliostoma africanum Bartsch, 1915
225118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225118)
accepted
Species
Calliostoma (Calliostoma) africanum Bartsch, 1915 · alternative representation
Calliostoma convexa W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Calliostoma convexum W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clanculus exquisita W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Clanculus exquisitus W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 162, pl. 24, figs2, 4, 6. [details]
page(s): 162, pl. 24, figs2, 4, 6. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma africanum Bartsch, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225118 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 162, pl. 24, figs2, 4, 6. [details]
original description (of Clanculus exquisita W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 180, pl. 43, sp. 1268. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Calliostoma convexa W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 193, pl. 49, sp. 1345. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 162, pl. 24, figs2, 4, 6. [details]
original description (of Clanculus exquisita W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 180, pl. 43, sp. 1268. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Calliostoma convexa W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 193, pl. 49, sp. 1345. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220. [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Lussi M. (2014). Description of a new species of <i>Calliostoma</i> from eastern South Africa with notes on the genus - (Gastropoda: Verigastropoda: Trochoidea). <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 85: 14-19. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
[request]additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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