WoRMS name details
Monilea obscura (W. Wood, 1828)
215796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215796)
unaccepted
Species
- Subspecies Monilea obscura ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) accepted as Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
(of Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
Description Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Description Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monilea obscura (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215796 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 17, pl. 5, fig. 26. [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
