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Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799
141546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141546)
accepted
Species
Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solen rotundatus L. Spengler, 1794 · unaccepted (declared nomen oblitum by Cosel...)
declared nomen oblitum by Cosel et al. (2014)
Solen vagina Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 accepted as Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 (synonym)
- Variety Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 accepted as Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 (synonym)
- Variety Solen marginatus var. minor Sacco, 1901 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
Note Weymouth.
Type locality Weymouth. [details]
Nomenclature The earlier names Solen rotundatus Spengler, 1794 and Solen gladius Röding, 1798 have been put forward by Huber (2010:...
Nomenclature The earlier names Solen rotundatus Spengler, 1794 and Solen gladius Röding, 1798 have been put forward by Huber (2010: 664) and S. rotundatus presented as the valid name to be used for this species. However the name Solen marginatus is in usage and was declared “nomen protectum” by Cosel et al. (2014), with Solen rotundatus Spengler, 1794 and Solen gladius Röding both declared “nomina oblita”. [details]
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original description
Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Solen rotundatus L. Spengler, 1794) Spengler L. (1794). Nøiere Bestemmelse og Udvidelse af det Linneiske Genus <i>Solen</i>.. <i>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 3(2)</i>: 81-114., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN608227374_0003%7CLOG_0033 [details]
original description (of Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 500 [details]
original description (of Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 500 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Cosel R. von (1993). The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic. Part 1: Solenidae and Pharidae I (Bivalvia: Solenacea). <i>Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122 (Zilch Festschrift)</i>: 207-321, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/207 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S.; Poutiers, J. M. (2014). Nomenclatural notes on some European and West African marine bivalve species. <em>Iberus.</em> 32 (1): 65-85., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4583602
page(s): 71-71; note: declared "nomen protectum" against several older names [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 724-725 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Solen rotundatus L. Spengler, 1794) Spengler L. (1794). Nøiere Bestemmelse og Udvidelse af det Linneiske Genus <i>Solen</i>.. <i>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 3(2)</i>: 81-114., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN608227374_0003%7CLOG_0033 [details]
original description (of Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 500 [details]
original description (of Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 500 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Cosel R. von (1993). The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic. Part 1: Solenidae and Pharidae I (Bivalvia: Solenacea). <i>Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122 (Zilch Festschrift)</i>: 207-321, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/207 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S.; Poutiers, J. M. (2014). Nomenclatural notes on some European and West African marine bivalve species. <em>Iberus.</em> 32 (1): 65-85., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4583602
page(s): 71-71; note: declared "nomen protectum" against several older names [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 724-725 [details]
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Nomenclature The earlier names Solen rotundatus Spengler, 1794 and Solen gladius Röding, 1798 have been put forward by Huber (2010: 664) and S. rotundatus presented as the valid name to be used for this species. However the name Solen marginatus is in usage and was declared “nomen protectum” by Cosel et al. (2014), with Solen rotundatus Spengler, 1794 and Solen gladius Röding both declared “nomina oblita”. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Weymouth. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | navalla | [details] |
| Dutch | messchede | [details] |
| English | grooved razor shell | [details] |
| French | couteau gainecouteau d'Europe | [details] |
| Galician | longueirón | [details] |
| German | Messerscheide-Muschel | [details] |
| Italian | cappalungacannolicchio | [details] |
| Spanish | navaja europea | [details] |
To Malacopics (Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 Greece, Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki, Kavala, Thasos, Alyki, at 2 m depth, collected July 1988, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, between beachmarkers 23-25, collected 1960-07-23, ex coll. A.W. Janssen .)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, between beachmarkers 23-25, collected 1960-07-23, ex coll. A.W. Janssen .)
To ITIS
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