WoRMS taxon details
Afritrophon insignis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
399102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:399102)
accepted
Species
Trophon insignis G. B. Sowerby III, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Trophon insignis G. B. Sowerby III, 1900) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). On some marine shells from Pondoland and the Kowie, with descriptions of seventeen new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4(1): 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797892
page(s): 2, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 2, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Cape, Province of the
type locality contained in Eastern Cape, Province of the [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afritrophon insignis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399102 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
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(of Trophon insignis G. B. Sowerby III, 1900) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). On some marine shells from Pondoland and the Kowie, with descriptions of seventeen new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4(1): 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797892
page(s): 2, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (1987) Revision of the subfamily Trophoninae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Southern Africa, with description of four new species. <i>Apex</i> 2(2): 25-58. [April 1987] [details]
page(s): 2, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (1987) Revision of the subfamily Trophoninae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Southern Africa, with description of four new species. <i>Apex</i> 2(2): 25-58. [April 1987] [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
