WoRMS name details
Ancilla decipiens G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
746604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746604)
unaccepted (original combination)
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): 7, pl. 6, fig. 23. [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 6, fig. 23. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancilla decipiens G. B. Sowerby III, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746604 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
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): 7, pl. 6, fig. 23. [details]
basis of record Gratecap, D. 2012. Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe. Xenophora 140: 19-29. [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 6, fig. 23. [details]
basis of record Gratecap, D. 2012. Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe. Xenophora 140: 19-29. [details]
Other
additional source
Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 34 [details]
subsequent type designation Gratecap D. (2015). Designation of a neotype of <i>Amalda decipiens</i> (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 8: 24-25.
note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 34 [details]
subsequent type designation Gratecap D. (2015). Designation of a neotype of <i>Amalda decipiens</i> (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 8: 24-25.
note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
