MolluscaBase - Fossarus globulosus W. H. Turton, 1932

MolluscaBase name details

Fossarus globulosus W. H. Turton, 1932

AphiaID

572302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572302)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Couthouyia incerta (W. H. Turton, 1932) accepted as Macromphalus incertus (W. H. Turton, 1932)

Rank

Species

Parent

Fossarus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Original name

Fossarus globulosus W. H. Turton, 1932

Environment

marine

Original description

Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 133, pl. 28, sp. 963. [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Type locality contained in Port Alfred

type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Fossarus globulosus W. H. Turton, 1932. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572302 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-20 07:45:46Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2019-09-17 16:39:53Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 133, pl. 28, sp. 963. [details] Available for editors

[request]

source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality