MolluscaBase - Triton africanum [sic]

AphiaID

750618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:750618)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)

Accepted name

Triton africanus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)

Rank

Species

Parent

Triton Montfort, 1810 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847

Original name

Triton (Cabestana) africanus A. Adams, 1855

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Triton (Cabestana) africanus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of twenty-seven new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 311-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747738
page(s): 312 [details]

Type data

Note Ichaboe, South Africa

Type locality Ichaboe, South Africa [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Triton africanum [sic]. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=750618 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-30 12:11:24Z

created

2020-06-20 12:07:18Z

changed

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Triton (Cabestana) africanus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of twenty-seven new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 311-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747738
page(s): 312 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Ichaboe, South Africa [details]