WoRMS taxon details
Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
511658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511658)
accepted
Species
Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
Type locality contained in Algoa Bay
type locality contained in Algoa Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511658 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
new combination reference Lussi M. (2001) Revision of the genus <i>Aesopus</i> Gould, 1860 in South Africa with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda). <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 35: 23-28. [October 2001] [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
new combination reference Lussi M. (2001) Revision of the genus <i>Aesopus</i> Gould, 1860 in South Africa with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda). <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 35: 23-28. [October 2001] [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
To NHMUK collection (Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3087290) (from synonym Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
To NHMUK collection (Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3087290) (from synonym Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
