African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Vertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848)

AfReMaS name details

Vertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848)

AphiaID

215130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215130)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pseudovertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Vertagus Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840

Original name

Cerithium nobile Reeve, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Reeve, L. A. (1846–1860). Initiamenta Conchologica; or elements of conchology, comprising the physiological history of shells and their molluscous inhabitants, their structure, geographical distribution, habits, characters, affinities, arrangement, and enumeration of species. Reeve Brothers, London, 2 vols. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15974292
page(s): 125, pl. 12 fig. 59 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215130 on 2026-01-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Vertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1848). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215130 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-30 17:20:53Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-07-21 12:48:32Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-04-30 06:01:06Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-05-24 01:03:02Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2021-02-18 19:04:51Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-03-15 11:43:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (2)

original description (of ) Reeve, L. A. (1846–1860). Initiamenta Conchologica; or elements of conchology, comprising the physiological history of shells and their molluscous inhabitants, their structure, geographical distribution, habits, characters, affinities, arrangement, and enumeration of species. Reeve Brothers, London, 2 vols. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15974292
page(s): 125, pl. 12 fig. 59 [details]

basis of record Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865-1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Vertagus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pls 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 1, 3, 5, March 1866; pl. 2, December 1865; pl. 4, March 1865]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972847
page(s): pl. 2, species no. 8 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality