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Clavatula helena Bartsch, 1915
215594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215594)
accepted
Species
marine
Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 20, pl. 8, fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 20, pl. 8, fig. 2. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clavatula helena Bartsch, 1915. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215594 on 2025-09-12
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Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 20, pl. 8, fig. 2. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 150 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 204. [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 26(2): 417-470. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 431 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 20, pl. 8, fig. 2. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 150 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 204. [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 26(2): 417-470. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 431 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy Considered a synonym of C. tripartita by Barnard, 1958, but resurected as valid (based on differences in colour and shape of the shell by Kilburn, 1985 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Clavatula helena Bartsch, 1915 South Africa, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, in crayfish trap, by trawling, at 100 m depth, collected 1996-06-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Clavatula helena Bartsch, 1915 South Africa, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, in crayfish trap, by trawling, at 100 m depth, collected 1996-06-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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