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Anapella Dall, 1895
492541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492541)
accepted
Genus
Mesodesma triquetrum Hanley, 1843 accepted as Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818) (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Dall, W. H. (1895). Synopsis of a review of the genera of recent and Tertiary Mactridae and Mesodesmatidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(5): 203-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167506
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
Nomenclature Dall established Anapella as a replacement name for "Anapa Gray, 1853, non Gray, 1847", and stated the type species to be...
Nomenclature Dall established Anapella as a replacement name for "Anapa Gray, 1853, non Gray, 1847", and stated the type species to be Anapa triquetra. Gray, 1853 [The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2, 11: 44] used Anapa with reference to Gray, 1842 and 1847, gave a description, and placed Anapa smithii Gray, 1853, as the only included species. "Anapa Gray, 1853" is not a separately available name, and Anapella is thus not a replacement name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anapella Dall, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492541 on 2025-09-11
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Dall, W. H. (1895). Synopsis of a review of the genera of recent and Tertiary Mactridae and Mesodesmatidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(5): 203-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167506
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
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Nomenclature Dall established Anapella as a replacement name for "Anapa Gray, 1853, non Gray, 1847", and stated the type species to be Anapa triquetra. Gray, 1853 [The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2, 11: 44] used Anapa with reference to Gray, 1842 and 1847, gave a description, and placed Anapa smithii Gray, 1853, as the only included species. "Anapa Gray, 1853" is not a separately available name, and Anapella is thus not a replacement name. [details]
