WoRMS name details
Clavatula taxus [sic]
1368944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1368944)
unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species
- Variety Clavatula taxus var. affinis W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Clavatula taxea (Röding, 1798) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turris taxea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clavatula taxus [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1368944 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Turris taxea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record 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): 18 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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): 18 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 94, figs 3b, 4b. [details]
page(s): 94, figs 3b, 4b. [details]