WoRMS taxon details
Neptuneopsis gilchristi G. B. Sowerby III, 1898
220957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220957)
accepted
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1898). Description of a new South African marine gasteropod. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 5–7, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040327
page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 1a-d. [details]
page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 1a-d. [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [details]
Distribution Confined to South Africa.
Distribution Confined to South Africa. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neptuneopsis gilchristi G. B. Sowerby III, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220957 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1898). Description of a new South African marine gasteropod. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 5–7, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040327
page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 1a-d. [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 1a-d. [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Aiken R.P. (2010) Volutidae. Pp. 314-333, 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]
Other
additional source
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] 
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): 170. [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 288 [details]
additional source Harasewych, M.G., Sei, M., Wirshing, H.H., González, V.L. & Uribe, J.E. (2019). The complete mitochondrial genome of Neptuneopsis gilchristi G.B. Sowerby III, 1898 (Neogastropoda: Volutidae: Calliotectinae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 133(3–4): 67–73., available online at http://23802359.2020.1756963 [details]
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): 170. [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 288 [details]
additional source Harasewych, M.G., Sei, M., Wirshing, H.H., González, V.L. & Uribe, J.E. (2019). The complete mitochondrial genome of Neptuneopsis gilchristi G.B. Sowerby III, 1898 (Neogastropoda: Volutidae: Calliotectinae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 133(3–4): 67–73., available online at http://23802359.2020.1756963 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Confined to South Africa. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Gilchrist's volute | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Conchology (Neptuneopsis gilchristi YOUNG)
To Conchology (Neptuneopsis gilchristi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neptuneopsis gilchristi)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neptuneopsis gilchristi G. B. Sowerby III, 1898 South Africa, ex coll. F.J.A. Sliek...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Neptuneopsis gilchristi YOUNG)
To Conchology (Neptuneopsis gilchristi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neptuneopsis gilchristi)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neptuneopsis gilchristi G. B. Sowerby III, 1898 South Africa, ex coll. F.J.A. Sliek...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
