WoRMS name details
Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857)
225648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225648)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cominella elongata Dunker, 1857) Dunker, W. (1857). Mollusca nova collectionis Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 354-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860914
page(s): 356 [details]
page(s): 356 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225648 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cominella elongata Dunker, 1857) Dunker, W. (1857). Mollusca nova collectionis Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 354-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860914
page(s): 356 [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 93 [details]
page(s): 356 [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 93 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | elongate whelk | [details] |
