MolluscaBase - Samarangia Dall, 1902

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Samarangia Dall, 1902

AphiaID

205881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205881)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Venus quadrangularis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Samarangia quadrangularis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (type by original designation)

Parent

Samarangiinae Keen, 1969

Synonymised names

Petroderma Kuroda, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Samarangia lewinsohni Mienis, 2011
Species Samarangia quadrangularis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Environment

marine

Original description

Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 361 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Samarangia Dall, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205881 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-05-12 18:23:02Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 361 [details]