WoRMS name details
Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890
538974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:538974)
unaccepted > junior homonym (of Crassatella acuminata Kobelt, 1886; C. sowerbyi Lamy, 1917 is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
page(s): 156, pl. 3 fig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538974 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 156, pl. 3 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
