MolluscaBase - Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904)

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Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904)

AphiaID

413608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413608)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Afrophaxas Cosel, 1993

Original name

Cultellus decipiens E. A. Smith, 1904

Synonymised names

Cultellus decipiens E. A. Smith, 1904 · unaccepted (original combination)

Phaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cultellus decipiens E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Journal of Malacology. 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 25, 39. [details]

Type data

Note Port Alfred, South Africa (Cosel, 1993), not...

Unreviewed

Type locality Port Alfred, South Africa (Cosel, 1993) [details]

Type material not located. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413608 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-05 11:22:23Z

created

von Cosel, Rudo

2020-06-12 08:45:00Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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original description (of Cultellus decipiens E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Journal of Malacology. 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 25, 39. [details]

basis of record Cosel R. von (1993). The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic. Part 1: Solenidae and Pharidae I (Bivalvia: Solenacea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122 (Zilch Festschrift): 207-321, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/207
page(s): 274. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diagnosis Smith, E.A. 1904.(as Cultellus). J. of Malacol., 11: 39; Turton, Mar. Sh. Pt. Alfred: 254, pl. 6, fig. 1798. [details]

Type locality Port Alfred, South Africa (Cosel, 1993) [details]

Type material not located. [details]

Definitions

To Malacopics (Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, Achat Beach, low tide in wet sand, collected September 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, Achat Beach, low tide in wet sand, collected September 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)

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