WoRMS taxon details
Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)
225450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225450)
accepted
Species
Capsa laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Iphigenia fragilis Bertin, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Donax laevigata 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
page(s): 3265; note: based on Chemnitz (1782), vol. 6, p. 253, pl. 25, fig. 249. [details]
page(s): 3265; note: based on Chemnitz (1782), vol. 6, p. 253, pl. 25, fig. 249. [details]
Distribution Africa: Senegal River to Congo River
Distribution Africa: Senegal River to Congo River [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225450 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869) Römer, E. (1869). Die Gattung <i>Iphigenia</i> Schumacher. <em>Malakozoologische Blatter.</em> 16: 150-155., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16224361
page(s): 154-155 [details]
original description (of Donax laevigata 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
page(s): 3265; note: based on Chemnitz (1782), vol. 6, p. 253, pl. 25, fig. 249. [details]
original description (of Iphigenia fragilis Bertin, 1881) Bertin, V. (1881). Révision des Donacidées du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4: 57-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875372
page(s): 121, pl. 4 figs 1a-b [details]
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]
page(s): 154-155 [details]
original description (of Donax laevigata 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
page(s): 3265; note: based on Chemnitz (1782), vol. 6, p. 253, pl. 25, fig. 249. [details]
original description (of Iphigenia fragilis Bertin, 1881) Bertin, V. (1881). Révision des Donacidées du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4: 57-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875372
page(s): 121, pl. 4 figs 1a-b [details]
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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 664-665 [details]
page(s): 664-665 [details]
Other
additional source
Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 374 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 374 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Africa: Senegal River to Congo River [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) Ivory Coast, Lagunes, Abidjan, by dredging, coll...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) Ivory Coast, Lagunes, Abidjan, by dredging, coll...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791)
