MolluscaBase - Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera (Montagu, 1803)

WoRMS name details

Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera (Montagu, 1803)

AphiaID

1804421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1804421)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lucina (Myrtea) W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Myrtea W. Turton, 1822

Original name

Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): vol. 2, p. 577-579 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1804421 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-03-16 02:54:15Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): vol. 2, p. 577-579 [details]