MolluscaBase - Arthemis africana J. E. Gray, 1838

WoRMS name details

Arthemis africana J. E. Gray, 1838

AphiaID

538114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:538114)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Dosinia afra (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Arthemis Poli, 1791 accepted as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Arthemis africana J. E. Gray, 1838

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus Cytherea, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. The Analyst. 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 309 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arthemis africana J. E. Gray, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538114 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2022-02-11 07:44:43Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-16 08:29:23Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2024-01-19 01:11:57Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus Cytherea, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. The Analyst. 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 309 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]