MolluscaBase - Finella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899

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Finella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899

AphiaID

600691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600691)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Finella A. Adams, 1860

Original name

Fenella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899

Synonymised names

Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted

Fenella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Fenella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899) Smith, E. A. (1899). Descriptions of new species of South African marine shells. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 9: 247-252, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787988
page(s): 249, pl. 5, fig. 6. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Durban Bay

type locality contained in Durban Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Finella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600691 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-07-01 13:34:45Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2017-02-28 08:19:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932) 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): 136, pl. 29, sp. 975. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Fenella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899) Smith, E. A. (1899). Descriptions of new species of South African marine shells. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 9: 247-252, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787988
page(s): 249, pl. 5, fig. 6. [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 54 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Malacopics (Finella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, at low tide on sandflats, collected 1980, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Finella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, at low tide on sandflats, collected 1980, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)

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