MolluscaBase taxon details
Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975)
491047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491047)
accepted
Species
Metula boswellae Kilburn, 1975 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Metula boswellae Kilburn, 1975) Kilburn, R. N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae. <em>Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22-2.
page(s): 594, figs 10b, c. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 594, figs 10b, c. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491047 on 2025-05-01
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original description
(of Metula boswellae Kilburn, 1975) Kilburn, R. N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae. <em>Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22-2.
page(s): 594, figs 10b, c. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008). Revision of the genus <i>Kanamarua</i> Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species. <i>Novapex</i> 9(4): 129-140 [details]
identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. Pp. 54-59, 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): 594, figs 10b, c. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008). Revision of the genus <i>Kanamarua</i> Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species. <i>Novapex</i> 9(4): 129-140 [details]
identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. Pp. 54-59, 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
