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Clistoconcha insignis E. A. Smith, 1910

506745  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506745)

accepted
Species
Clistoconcha costata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, E. A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 2: 175-220, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322967
page(s): 218, pl. 8 , figs 9-9c. [details]   
Type locality contained in Natal  
type locality contained in Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Clistoconcha insignis E. A. Smith, 1910. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506745 on 2024-10-20
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2010-08-18 08:38:17Z
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2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
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2012-07-14 19:34:51Z
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2021-09-07 11:34:47Z
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original description Smith, E. A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 2: 175-220, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322967
page(s): 218, pl. 8 , figs 9-9c. [details]   

original description  (of Clistoconcha costata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 230, pl. 59, sp. 1607. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]   

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 248 [details]   

biology source Morton, B. (2012). The functional morphology and inferred biology of the enigmatic South African 'quadrivalve' bivalve <i>Clistoconcha insignis</i> Smith, 1910 (Thracioidea: Clistoconchidae fam. nov.): another anomalodesmatan evolutionary eccentric. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 67(2): 59-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2012.702321 [details]   
 
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