MolluscaBase - Meretrix affinis (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS name details

Meretrix affinis (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

216587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216587)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Venus affinis Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus affinis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meretrix affinis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216587 on 2025-03-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-08-06 16:41:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-15 00:30:32Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus affinis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark subgenus Pitar Römer, 1857 [details]