MolluscaBase taxon details
Crassatella subquadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
505065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505065)
accepted
Species
Crassatella tenuis G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 · unaccepted
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 249-259 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555089
page(s): 249 [details]
page(s): 249 [details]
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassatella subquadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505065 on 2025-06-25
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 249-259 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555089
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Crassatella tenuis G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 10, pl. 6 fig. 17 [details]
basis of record 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 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]
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Crassatella tenuis G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 10, pl. 6 fig. 17 [details]
basis of record 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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
