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Amalda optima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
410006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410006)
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Species
Ancilla optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ancilla optima 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): 7, pl. 6, fig. 31. [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 6, fig. 31. [details]
Type locality contained in Durban
type locality contained in Durban [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amalda optima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410006 on 2025-09-10
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(of Ancilla optima 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): 7, pl. 6, fig. 31. [details]
basis of record 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): 150. [details]
basis of record Kantor Y.I., Castelin M., Fedosov A. & Bouchet P. (2020). The Indo-Pacific <i>Amalda</i> (Neogastropoda, Olivoidea, Ancillariidae) revisited with molecular data, with special emphasis on New Caledonia. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 706: 1-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.706
page(s): 52, fig. 19E [details]
additional source Gratecap, D. 2012. Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe. Xenophora 140: 19-29.
page(s): 29. [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 6, fig. 31. [details]
basis of record 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): 150. [details]
basis of record Kantor Y.I., Castelin M., Fedosov A. & Bouchet P. (2020). The Indo-Pacific <i>Amalda</i> (Neogastropoda, Olivoidea, Ancillariidae) revisited with molecular data, with special emphasis on New Caledonia. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 706: 1-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.706
page(s): 52, fig. 19E [details]
additional source Gratecap, D. 2012. Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe. Xenophora 140: 19-29.
page(s): 29. [details]
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