MolluscaBase - Meroë ovalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892

WoRMS name details

Meroë ovalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892

AphiaID

540963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540963)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Meroe ovalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974

Rank

Species

Parent

Meroë Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Meroe Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Sunetta Link, 1807

Original name

Meroë ovalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Article 27 of the ICZN code determines that no diacritic or other mark is to be used in a scientific name. Hence, although...

Nomenclature Article 27 of the ICZN code determines that no diacritic or other mark is to be used in a scientific name. Hence, although Schumacher used Meroë in the original publication, the name of this genus must be corrected to Meroe [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meroë ovalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540963 on 2025-03-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2013-09-02 08:11:54Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2021-07-16 06:34:16Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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