MolluscaBase - Latiaxis mawae (Gray, 1833)

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Latiaxis mawae (Gray, 1833)

AphiaID

550044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:550044)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Latiaxis Swainson, 1840

Original name

Pyrula mawae J. E. Gray, 1833

Synonymised names

Latiaxis kylix Barnard, 1959 · unaccepted

Latiaxis mawae kylix Barnard, 1959 · unaccepted

Pyrula mawae J. E. Gray, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Subspecies Latiaxis mawae kylix Barnard, 1959 accepted as Latiaxis mawae (Gray, 1833)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Pyrula mawae J. E. Gray, 1833) Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 25, figs. 3, 4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Latiaxis mawae (Gray, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550044 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-12-05 08:04:31Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2011-07-09 07:49:27Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-06-03 09:31:28Z

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Köhler, Frank

2020-04-11 20:30:47Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Pyrula mawae J. E. Gray, 1833) Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 25, figs. 3, 4 [details]

original description (of Latiaxis kylix Barnard, 1959) Barnard, K. H. (1959). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part. II. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhachiglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 45: 1-237., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866077
page(s): 188, fig. 37. [details]

additional source Marshall, B. A. & Oliverio, M. (2009). The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Molluscan Research. 29 (3): 155-173. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 111. [details]

identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, 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]