WoRMS name details
Amphiperas smithi Bartsch, 1915
432008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432008)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Amphiperas smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894; Subsimnia zuiafrikaana Cate 1975 is a replacement name)
Species
Amphiperas Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Ovula Bruguière, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 96, pl. 10, figs 1, 3. [details]
page(s): 96, pl. 10, figs 1, 3. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphiperas smithi Bartsch, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432008 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 96, pl. 10, figs 1, 3. [details]
page(s): 96, pl. 10, figs 1, 3. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
