AfReMaS taxon details
Donax simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
494728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494728)
accepted
Species
marine
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): 23, pl. 8, figs 18, 19. [details]
page(s): 23, pl. 8, figs 18, 19. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494728 on 2025-05-19
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Donax simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494728 on 2025-05-19
original description
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): 23, pl. 8, figs 18, 19. [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 189 [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): 232 [details]
status source Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]
page(s): 23, pl. 8, figs 18, 19. [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 189 [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): 232 [details]
status source Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
