WoRMS taxon details
Solemya africana E. von Martens, 1879
507134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507134)
accepted
Species
Solemya (Petrasma) africana E. von Martens, 1879 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972
page(s): 742 [details]
page(s): 742 [details]
Type locality contained in Quirimba Archipelago
type locality contained in Quirimba Archipelago [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Solemya africana E. von Martens, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507134 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972
page(s): 742 [details]
page(s): 742 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Kilburn, R. N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (4): Bivalvia, with descriptions of new species of Lucinidae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22(1): 335-348. [details]
Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 153. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 194 [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): 153. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 194 [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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
