WoRMS taxon details
Donax gracilis Hanley, 1845
494708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494708)
accepted
Species
Donax (Paradonax) gracilis Hanley, 1845 · alternative representation
Donax punaensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 · unaccepted
marine
Hanley, S. (1845). Descriptions of six new species of <i>Donax</i> in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13 (144): 14-16. [published April 1845]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862510
page(s): 15 [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax gracilis Hanley, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494708 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Hanley, S. (1845). Descriptions of six new species of <i>Donax</i> in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13 (144): 14-16. [published April 1845]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862510
page(s): 15 [details]
original description (of Donax punaensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1941). A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 93: 1–79, 19 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Coan E.V. & Kabat A.R. (2012) The malacological works and taxa of Sylvanius Hanley (1819-1899). <i>Malacologia</i> 55(2): 285-359. [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
original description (of Donax punaensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1941). A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 93: 1–79, 19 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Coan E.V. & Kabat A.R. (2012) The malacological works and taxa of Sylvanius Hanley (1819-1899). <i>Malacologia</i> 55(2): 285-359. [details]
Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
