WoRMS taxon details
Ptychatractus youngi Kilburn, 1975
463458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463458)
accepted
Species
marine
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
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Type locality contained in Durban
type locality contained in Durban [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ptychatractus youngi Kilburn, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463458 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25.
page(s): 599, figs 12c, d. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 599, figs 12c, d. [details] Available for editors

Identification resource
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Ptychatractidae. Pp. 311-313, 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]
Other
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): 117. [details]
page(s): 117. [details]




