MolluscaBase taxon details
Crassatella capensis E. Lamy, 1917
505067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505067)
accepted
Species
Crassatella africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878; C. capensis Lamy, 1917 is a replacement name
Crassatella capensis Odhner, 1923 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Crassatella capensis Lamy, 1917; Crassatella odhneri Tomlin, 1930 is a replacement name
Crassatella odhneri Tomlin, 1930 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Crassatina capensis (E. Lamy, 1917) · unaccepted
Eucrassatella capensis (E. Lamy, 1917) · unaccepted
marine
Lamy E. 1917. Révision des Crassatellidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <i>Journal de Conchyliologie</i>, 62: 197-270, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16311857
page(s): 237 [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassatella capensis E. Lamy, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505067 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Lamy E. 1917. Révision des Crassatellidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <i>Journal de Conchyliologie</i>, 62: 197-270, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16311857
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Crassatella capensis Odhner, 1923) Odhner, N. H. (1923). Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. <em>Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar.</em> (4) 26 (7): 1-39, 1 pl.
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Crassatella africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 9, pl. 6 fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Crassatella odhneri Tomlin, 1930) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1930). New name for <i>Crassatella capensis</i> Odhner. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 19: 35. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Barnard, K. H. (1964). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca. Part V. Lamellibranchiata. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(3): 361-593., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854756
page(s): 452. [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Crassatella capensis Odhner, 1923) Odhner, N. H. (1923). Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. <em>Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar.</em> (4) 26 (7): 1-39, 1 pl.
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Crassatella africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 9, pl. 6 fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Crassatella odhneri Tomlin, 1930) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1930). New name for <i>Crassatella capensis</i> Odhner. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 19: 35. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barnard, K. H. (1964). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca. Part V. Lamellibranchiata. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(3): 361-593., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854756
page(s): 452. [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
