WoRMS taxon details
Latona madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828)
1610813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610813)
accepted
Species
Donax (Grammatodonax) madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Donax exarata Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Donax keyii A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Grammatodonax madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 5. pl. 2, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 5. pl. 2, fig. 3. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Latona madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610813 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 5. pl. 2, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Donax exarata Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 6, pl. 1, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Donax keyii A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). A monograph of Cerithidea, a genus of Mollusca, with descriptions of several new species, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq.: to which are added, descriptions of two new species of Colina, and one of Donax. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 [1854]: 83–87 [April 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747467
page(s): 87. [details]
new combination reference Moncada, E.; Lord, A.; Simone, L. R. L.; Adjei-Boateng, D.; Bouchet, P.; Strong, E. E.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2022). Marine surf to freshwater: a molecular phylogeny of Donacidae (Bivalvia: Heterodonta). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 36(11): 984-1001., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is22026 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 5. pl. 2, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Donax exarata Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 6, pl. 1, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Donax keyii A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). A monograph of Cerithidea, a genus of Mollusca, with descriptions of several new species, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq.: to which are added, descriptions of two new species of Colina, and one of Donax. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 [1854]: 83–87 [April 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747467
page(s): 87. [details]
new combination reference Moncada, E.; Lord, A.; Simone, L. R. L.; Adjei-Boateng, D.; Bouchet, P.; Strong, E. E.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2022). Marine surf to freshwater: a molecular phylogeny of Donacidae (Bivalvia: Heterodonta). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 36(11): 984-1001., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is22026 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | ridged wedge shell [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax madagascariensis) (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848)
To Malacopics (Latona madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, on s...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax madagascariensis) (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848)
To Malacopics (Latona madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, on s...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828)
