African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932

AfReMaS name details

Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932

AphiaID

600692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600692)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Finella natalensis E. A. Smith, 1899

Rank

Species

Parent

Alabina Dall, 1902

Original name

Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932

Environment

marine

Original description

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): 136, pl. 29, sp. 975. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600692 on 2026-07-20

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. Alabina formosa W. H. Turton, 1932. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600692 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-07-01 13:34:45Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2019-09-17 16:39:53Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (0)

original description 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): 136, pl. 29, sp. 975. [details] Available for editors

additional source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 137. [details]

source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 54 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality