MolluscaBase taxon details
Eulima simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
565938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:565938)
accepted
Species
Melanella simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) · unaccepted
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to 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, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 14, pl. 6, fig. 9. [details]
page(s): 14, pl. 6, fig. 9. [details]
Type locality contained in South African Coast
type locality contained in South African Coast (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eulima simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565938 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to 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, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 14, pl. 6, fig. 9. [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 Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. [details]
page(s): 14, pl. 6, fig. 9. [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 Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eulima simplex)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Melanella simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Eulima simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2491261)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Melanella simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Eulima simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2491261)
From editor or global species database
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