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Amphidesmatidae Latreille, 1825
701741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:701741)
unaccepted (invalid under ICZN Art. 40.2)
Family
Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Semele Schumacher, 1817
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 221; note: Original spelling Amphidesmites (Latin). [details]
page(s): 221; note: Original spelling Amphidesmites (Latin). [details]
Nomenclature First used as a vernacular name, with the same spelling, by Latreille (1824: 333). Iredale (1915: 489), considering...
Nomenclature First used as a vernacular name, with the same spelling, by Latreille (1824: 333). Iredale (1915: 489), considering Mesodesma Deshayes, 1832 a synonym of Amphidesma, re-established Amphidesmatidae to replace Mesodesmatidae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphidesmatidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701741 on 2025-09-12
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Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 221; note: Original spelling Amphidesmites (Latin). [details]
page(s): 221; note: Original spelling Amphidesmites (Latin). [details]
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Nomenclature First used as a vernacular name, with the same spelling, by Latreille (1824: 333). Iredale (1915: 489), considering Mesodesma Deshayes, 1832 a synonym of Amphidesma, re-established Amphidesmatidae to replace Mesodesmatidae. [details]
