MolluscaBase - Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926

WoRMS name details

Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926

To GB Mollusca Types (Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00073)

AphiaID

596284 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596284)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)

Rank

Species

Parent

Megatebennus Pilsbry, 1890 accepted as Fissurellidea A. d'Orbigny, 1839

Original name

Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926

Environment

marine

Original description

Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1926). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16.
page(s): 296, pl. 16, fig. 10. [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Type locality contained in Port Alfred

type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596284 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-03-05 17:34:33Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-09-18 18:39:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1926). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16.
page(s): 296, pl. 16, fig. 10. [details] Available for editors

[request]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GB Mollusca Types (Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00073)

From editor or global species database

To GB Mollusca Types (Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00073)

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