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Donacilla Blainville, 1819
1634175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1634175)
unaccepted > unavailable name (Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1141)
Genus
Amphidesma donacilla Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) (type by absolute tautonymy)
- Species Donacilla chilensis A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Donacilla novaezeelandiae A. d'Orbigny, 1845 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Donacilla rosea A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Heterodonax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Donacilla compressa A. d'Orbigny, 1845 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Donacilla orientalis A. d'Orbigny, 1845 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1819). Donacille, <i>Donacilla</i>. <em>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 13. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.</em> p. 428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23026825
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donacilla Blainville, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1634175 on 2025-09-11
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Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1819). Donacille, <i>Donacilla</i>. <em>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 13. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.</em> p. 428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23026825
page(s): 428 [details]
status source ICZN. (1979). Opinion 1141. <i>Donacilla</i> Blainville, 1819 (Bivalvia) suppressed; <i>Donacilla</i> Philippi, 1836, <i>Mesodesma</i> Deshayes, 1832, and <i>Semele</i> Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia) added to the Official List. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 36(2): 122-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12227025 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
status source ICZN. (1979). Opinion 1141. <i>Donacilla</i> Blainville, 1819 (Bivalvia) suppressed; <i>Donacilla</i> Philippi, 1836, <i>Mesodesma</i> Deshayes, 1832, and <i>Semele</i> Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia) added to the Official List. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 36(2): 122-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12227025 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority First established as the vernacular "Donacille" by Lamarck (1812, Extrait du cours de zoologie: 107) and latinized by Blainville. [details]
Unreviewed
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