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Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
225446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225446)
accepted
Genus
Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
Egeria (Profischeria) Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fischeria Bernardi, 1860 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Fischeria...)
junior homonym of Fischeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Profischeria Dall, 1903 is a replacement name
Profischeria Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Iphigenia altior (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Iphigenia brasiliensis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Iphigenia centralis (Germain, 1904)
- Species Iphigenia curta (Dunker, 1867)
- Species Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860)
- Species Iphigenia ferreirai D. R. B. Campos, 1980 †
- Species Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909)
- Species Iphigenia peruviana Olsson, 1932 †
- Species Iphigenia ambigua Bertin, 1881 accepted as Iphigenia altior (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Iphigenia brasiliana [sic] accepted as Iphigenia brasiliensis (Lamarck, 1818) (misspelling)
- Species Iphigenia braziliensis [sic] accepted as Iphigenia brasiliensis (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 accepted as Profischeria congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) accepted as Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Iphigenia fragilis Bertin, 1881 accepted as Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869 accepted as Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Iphigenia truncata (E. von Martens, 1876) accepted as Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Iphigenia tumida (E. von Martens, 1876) accepted as Iphigenia curta (Dunker, 1867)
- Species Iphigenia psammobialis Deshayes, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 51, 155 [details]
page(s): 51, 155 [details]
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original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 51, 155 [details]
original description (of Fischeria Bernardi, 1860) Bernardi, A. C. (1860). Monographie des genres <i>Galatea</i> et <i>Fischeria</i>. Paris, L. Tinterlin, 48 pp., 9 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102954 [details]
original description (of Egeria (Profischeria) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
page(s): 6 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 51, 155 [details]
original description (of Fischeria Bernardi, 1860) Bernardi, A. C. (1860). Monographie des genres <i>Galatea</i> et <i>Fischeria</i>. Paris, L. Tinterlin, 48 pp., 9 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102954 [details]
original description (of Egeria (Profischeria) Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Review of the classification of the Cyrenacea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3794255
page(s): 6 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
