WoRMS taxon details
Crassatella rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932
1770658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1770658)
accepted
Species
Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Crassatella acuminata Kobelt,...)
of Crassatella acuminata Kobelt, 1886; C. sowerbyi Lamy, 1917 is a replacement name
Crassatella sowerbyi E. Lamy, 1917 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Crassatella sowerbyi S. V....)
of Crassatella sowerbyi S. V. Wood, 1871
Crassatella sowerbyi var. rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassatina sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Crenocrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Eucrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917) · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Crassatella sowerbyi var. rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932) 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): 231, pl. 59, sp. 1611. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 231, pl. 59, sp. 1611. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Crassatella rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770658 on 2026-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1890). Further notes on marine shells of South Africa, with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(4): 147-159, pl. 3. [17 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566913
page(s): 156, pl. 3 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Crassatella sowerbyi E. Lamy, 1917) Lamy E. 1917. Révision des Crassatellidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <i>Journal de Conchyliologie</i>, 62: 197-270, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16311857
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of Crassatella sowerbyi var. rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932) 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): 231, pl. 59, sp. 1611. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 156, pl. 3 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Crassatella sowerbyi E. Lamy, 1917) Lamy E. 1917. Révision des Crassatellidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <i>Journal de Conchyliologie</i>, 62: 197-270, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16311857
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of Crassatella sowerbyi var. rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932) 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): 231, pl. 59, sp. 1611. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Collins, K. S. (2024). <i>Crassatella rubrolineata</i> Turton, 1932, as a replacement name for <i>Crassatella sowerbyi</i> Lamy, 1917 non Wood, 1871 (Bivalvia, Crassatellidae), and a revision of Wood's subspecies of <i>C. sowerbyi</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5493(3): 291-300., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5493.3.5 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crassatella sowerbyi E. Lamy, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crenocrassatella sowerbyi) (from synonym Crenocrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Crenocrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917))
To Malacopics (Crassatella rubrolineata Turton,1932 South Africa, Eastern Cape, Gonubie)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crenocrassatella sowerbyi) (from synonym Crenocrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Crenocrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917))
To Malacopics (Crassatella rubrolineata Turton,1932 South Africa, Eastern Cape, Gonubie)
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