MolluscaBase - Coecella J. E. Gray, 1853

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Coecella J. E. Gray, 1853

AphiaID

492542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492542)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Coecella horsfieldii Gray, 1853 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Mesodesmatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Caecella · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Direct children (5)

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Species Coecella chinensis Deshayes, 1855
Species Coecella formosae de Rooij-Schuiling, 1972
Species Coecella horsfieldii Gray, 1853
Species Coecella qeratensis S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993
Species Coecella erythrodon (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Corbula erythrodon Lamarck, 1818

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coecella J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492542 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-31 13:00:00Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-07-08 18:38:20Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-05 20:19:00Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-03-25 16:08:26Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724 [details]