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Curvella catarractae (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897)
1058570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058570)
accepted
Species
Curvella globosa (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1898) · unaccepted (synonym)
Hapalus catarracte Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897 · unaccepted (original combination)
Hapalus globosus Melvill & Ponsonby, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Hapalus catarracte Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1897). Descriptions of eleven new species of land and freshwater Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 19 (114): 633-639, pl. 17. London. [1 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268121
page(s): 635, pl. 17, fig. 4. [details]
page(s): 635, pl. 17, fig. 4. [details]
Type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal
type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Curvella catarractae (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058570 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Hapalus catarracte Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1897). Descriptions of eleven new species of land and freshwater Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 19 (114): 633-639, pl. 17. London. [1 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268121
page(s): 635, pl. 17, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Hapalus globosus Melvill & Ponsonby, 1898) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1898). Descriptions of nine new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 2 (8): 125-130, pl. 7. London. [1 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16347164
page(s): 128, pl. 7, fig. 6. [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 364 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 635, pl. 17, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Hapalus globosus Melvill & Ponsonby, 1898) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1898). Descriptions of nine new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 2 (8): 125-130, pl. 7. London. [1 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16347164
page(s): 128, pl. 7, fig. 6. [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 364 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | globular curvella | [details] |
