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Scala algoensis Thiele, 1925
524840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524840)
unaccepted (possible junior synonym)
Species
Scala Mörch, 1852 accepted as Epitonium Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 105 [139], pl. 11, fig. 14. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 105 [139], pl. 11, fig. 14. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Algoa Bay
type locality contained in Algoa Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scala algoensis Thiele, 1925. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524840 on 2025-09-11
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Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 105 [139], pl. 11, fig. 14. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 307.; note: possible synonym of Epitonium emiliae (Melvill & Standen, 1903). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 105 [139], pl. 11, fig. 14. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 307.; note: possible synonym of Epitonium emiliae (Melvill & Standen, 1903). [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
