WoRMS taxon details
Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
599731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599731)
accepted
Species
Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1926). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16.
page(s): 296, pl. 16, fig. 10. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 296, pl. 16, fig. 10. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599731 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1926). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16.
page(s): 296, pl. 16, fig. 10. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 296, pl. 16, fig. 10. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 35 [details]
Other
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
