African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Volvarina obscura (Reeve, 1865)

WoRMS taxon details

Volvarina obscura (Reeve, 1865)

AphiaID

474057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:474057)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Volvarina Hinds, 1844

Original name

Marginella obscura Reeve, 1865

Synonymised names

Marginella obscura Reeve, 1865 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Marginella obscura Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pls 1, 14-27, January 1865; pls 2-13, August 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972445 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvarina obscura (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474057 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-04-30 13:05:22Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-01-08 19:50:18Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Marginella obscura Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pls 1, 14-27, January 1865; pls 2-13, August 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972445 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Boyer F. (2015). Sur quelques Volvarina (Marginellidae) de l'Océan Indien occidental. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 19-31. [details] Available for editors