MolluscaBase - Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS taxon details

Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

224549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224549)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gastrana Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Venus matadoa Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Gastrana abildgaardiana (Spengler, 1798) · unaccepted

Gastrana donacina Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted

Gastrana guinaica (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gastrana ventricosa (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Macoma matadoa (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Petricola ventricosa Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Tellina abildgaardiana Spengler, 1798 · unaccepted

Tellina guinaica Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tellina guinaica Chemnitz, 1788 · unaccepted > unavailable name (published in a work rejected by...)

published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Dillwyn (1817)

Tellina polygona Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Venus matadoa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus matadoa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3282 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224549 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-16 07:50:12Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2006-04-13 07:37:35Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2012-07-07 17:10:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-06-11 14:41:47Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Petricola ventricosa 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): 2, pl. 1, fig. 1. [details]

original description (of Gastrana donacina Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

original description (of Tellina abildgaardiana Spengler, 1798) Spengler L. (1798). Over det toskallede Slægt Tellinerne. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 4(2): 67-121, pl. 12., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN608227374_0004%7CLOG_0030
page(s): 90 [details]

original description (of Venus matadoa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3282 [details]

original description (of Tellina polygona Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3244; note: based on Chemnitz (1788), vol. 10, p. 348, pl. 170 fig. 1651-1653 [details]

original description (of Tellina guinaica Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): p. 96. [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 187. [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 628-629 [details]

Other

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 226 [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163 (look up in IMIS) [details]