MolluscaBase - Semele decussatus (W. Wood, 1815)

WoRMS name details

Semele decussatus (W. Wood, 1815)

AphiaID

1753215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1753215)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Tellina decussata W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)

Rank

Species

Parent

Semele Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Tellina decussata W. Wood, 1815

Synonymised names

Semele decussata (W. Wood, 1815) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Tellina decussata W. Wood, 1815) Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 190 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semele decussatus (W. Wood, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1753215 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-05-24 00:04:46Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description (of Tellina decussata W. Wood, 1815) Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 190 [details]

basis of record Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 148; note: Attributed to Gray [details]

Other

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 163 [details]