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Latirus rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886
447157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447157)
accepted
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1886). Marine shells of South Africa collected at Port Elizabeth, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(1): 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653685
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Latirus rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447157 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1886). Marine shells of South Africa collected at Port Elizabeth, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(1): 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653685
page(s): 8 [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 Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 146. [details]
identification resource Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, 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]
page(s): 8 [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 Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 146. [details]
identification resource Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Latirus rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886 South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, Jeffreys Bay, washed ashore after rough seas, collected May 1983, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Latirus rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886 South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, under rocks, by diving at 10-15 m depth, collected 2017-09, ex coll. .)
To Malacopics (Latirus rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886 South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, Jeffreys Bay, washed ashore after rough seas, collected May 1983, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Latirus rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886 South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, under rocks, by diving at 10-15 m depth, collected 2017-09, ex coll. .)
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