MolluscaBase - Tetrarca acuminata (Krauss, 1848)

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Tetrarca acuminata (Krauss, 1848)

AphiaID

1548266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1548266)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tetrarca F. Nordsieck, 1969

Original name

Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848

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Subspecies Tetrarca acuminata acuminata (Krauss, 1848)
Subspecies Tetrarca acuminata dayi (P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1994)

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) 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): 14, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tetrarca acuminata (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1548266 on 2025-05-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Tetrarca acuminata (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1548266 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-11-08 08:06:35Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-08-24 10:11:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Attributes (4)

original description (of ) 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): 14, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]

basis of record Vermeij, G.; Amano, K. (2021). The genera Tetrarca (Subfamily Cuculaeinae), Arca, and Lamarcka, new genus (Subfamily Arcinae), with special reference to the history of cold adaptation in North Pacific Tetrarca boucardi (Bivalvia: Arcidae). The Nautilus. 135(2): 42–46.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors

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