WoRMS name details
Thaisella blanfordi (Melvill, 1893)
207630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207630)
unaccepted
Species
marine
(of Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thaisella blanfordi (Melvill, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207630 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes & Records. 56: 1-33. [details]
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes & Records. 56: 1-33. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Kilburn, R. N. (1972). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum. 21(2): 391-437., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_664 [details] Available for editors 
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identification resource
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- Tanzania
