MolluscaBase - Arca senilis Linnaeus, 1758

MolluscaBase name details

Arca senilis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

224530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224530)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Senilia Gray, 1842

Parent

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Arca senilis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 694 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Arca senilis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224530 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-16 08:22:30Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2010-07-04 10:16:52Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2011-12-15 00:30:32Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 694 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality