WoRMS taxon details
Melapium elatum (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829)
572139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572139)
accepted
Species
Pyrula elata Schubert & A. J. Wagner, 1829 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Pyrula elata Schubert & A. J. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, H.G. & Wagner, J.A. (1829) Neues Systematisches Conchylien- Cabinet Angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 12. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, xii + 196 pp., pls. 214–237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696
page(s): 94, pl. 226, figs 4012, 4013. [details]
page(s): 94, pl. 226, figs 4012, 4013. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melapium elatum (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572139 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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(of Pyrula elata Schubert & A. J. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, H.G. & Wagner, J.A. (1829) Neues Systematisches Conchylien- Cabinet Angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 12. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, xii + 196 pp., pls. 214–237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696
page(s): 94, pl. 226, figs 4012, 4013. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220.
page(s): 210, fig. 18. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 94, pl. 226, figs 4012, 4013. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22: 187-220.
page(s): 210, fig. 18. [details] Available for editors

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): 161. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 112 [details]
page(s): 161. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 112 [details]




