Medusafissurella dubia Reeve 1849
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Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)
Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849 in 1849–50: pl. 6, sp. 35. Paes da Franca, 1960b: 54. Type loc.: Port Natal [Durban]; holotype in NHM (NHMUK 198495), figured by McLean & Kilburn (1986: fig. 9).
Fissurella dubia —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48.
Fissurellidea genevievae Dautzenberg, 1929: 546, pl. 1, figs 3–7. Type loc.: Madagascar, several localities listed; location of type material unknown (not in Dautzenberg collection at RBINS).
Amblychilepas dubia — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, pl. 6, fig. 2.
Medusafissurella dubia — McLean & Kilburn, 1986: 3, figs 1, 8–10, 15 (further references). Bosch et al., 1995: 31, fig. 19. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 12, fig. 20.
Distribution. Western Indian Ocean, from Oman (Bosch et al. 1995) south to KwaZulu-Natal (Port Edward); living shallow subtidal and near-shore reefs.
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- Scientific name authorship
- Reeve
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Lepetellida
- Family
- Fissurellidae
- Genus
- Medusafissurella
- Species
- dubia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Medusafissurella dubia Reeve, 1849 sec. Herbert, 2015
References
- McLean, J. H. & Kilburn, R. N. (1986) Propodial elaboration in southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science, 379, 1 - 12.
- Dautzenberg, P. (1929) Contribution a l'etude de la faune de Madagascar. Mollusca II, Mollusca marina testacea. Faunes des colonies Francais, 3 (4), 115 - 430 (321 - 636).
- Kilburn, R. N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan, Johannesburg, 249 pp., 46 pls.
- Bosch, D. T, Dance, S. P., Moolenbeek, R. G. & Oliver, P. G. (1995) Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Motivate Publishing, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and London, 296 pp.