MolluscaBase - Corbicula (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840

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Corbicula (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840

AphiaID

1605503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1605503)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833)

Accepted name

Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Velorita J. E. Gray, 1840

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Species Corbicula (Velorita) satparaensis Preston, 1914 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Velorita J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 149 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Corbicula (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1605503 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2022-10-13 19:43:17Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2022-12-19 11:52:03Z

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Schneider, Simon

2024-01-13 18:56:08Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2025-07-12 10:04:20Z

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Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Velorita J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 149 [details]