WoRMS name details
Fusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
1373804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1373804)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Fusus Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
Fusus kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fulgur africanus G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1373804 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Fulgur africanus G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1959). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part. II. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhachiglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 45: 1-237., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866077
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1959). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part. II. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhachiglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 45: 1-237., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866077
page(s): 89 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
