WoRMS taxon details
Africosta delphinica (Bavay, 1920)
1561311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1561311)
accepted
Species
Dentimargo delphinica (Bavay, 1920) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Marginella delphinica Bavay, 1920 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Marginella delphinica Bavay, 1920) Bavay, A. (1920). Sables littoraux de Madagascar. Marginelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 65(2): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015057
page(s): 165-166 [details]
page(s): 165-166 [details]
Type locality contained in Madagascar
type locality contained in Madagascar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Africosta delphinica (Bavay, 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1561311 on 2026-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Marginella delphinica Bavay, 1920) Bavay, A. (1920). Sables littoraux de Madagascar. Marginelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 65(2): 163-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015057
page(s): 165-166 [details]
new combination reference Veldsman, S.G. (2022). Introducing a new genus of Marginellidae from Africa: <i>Africosta</i> new genus (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) along with the description of two new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 54(1): 7-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f5417
page(s): 10, 13, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 165-166 [details]
new combination reference Veldsman, S.G. (2022). Introducing a new genus of Marginellidae from Africa: <i>Africosta</i> new genus (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) along with the description of two new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 54(1): 7-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f5417
page(s): 10, 13, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
