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WoRMS taxon details

Barleeia chefiae Gofas, 1995

AphiaID

224801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224801)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Barleeia W. Clark, 1853

Original name

Barleeia chefiae Gofas, 1995

Environment

marine

Original description

Gofas, S. (1995). A remarkable species richness of the Barleeidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Nautilus. 109(1): 14-37, 79 figs., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274160
page(s): 19-20, figs. 6, 37-38 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Cape Verde

type locality contained in Cape Verde (origin: native) [details]

, Note Rife de Chaves, Boavista, in 4 meters

From editor or global species database

Type locality Rife de Chaves, Boavista, in 4 meters [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Named for the Spanish wife of Emilio Rolán, Maria Josefa "Chefi" Alvarez Aza.

Etymology Named for the Spanish wife of Emilio Rolán, Maria Josefa "Chefi" Alvarez Aza. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Barleeia chefiae Gofas, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224801 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2012-02-21 15:36:27Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gofas, S. (1995). A remarkable species richness of the Barleeidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Nautilus. 109(1): 14-37, 79 figs., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274160
page(s): 19-20, figs. 6, 37-38 [details]

basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]