WoRMS name details
Chione embrithes Melvill & Standen, 1899
216552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216552)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chione (Omphaloclathrum) embrithes Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 195, pl. 11, figs 23-23a. [details]
page(s): 195, pl. 11, figs 23-23a. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chione embrithes Melvill & Standen, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216552 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Chione (Omphaloclathrum) embrithes Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 195, pl. 11, figs 23-23a. [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 195, pl. 11, figs 23-23a. [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Identification The specimen figured in Spry (1964) is not this species but Globivenus orientalis (Cox, 1930), according to Huber (2010) [details]
