MolluscaBase - Anatina elegans Eichwald, 1871

MolluscaBase name details

Anatina elegans Eichwald, 1871

AphiaID

1877428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1877428)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (junior homonym of Anatina elegans R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Accepted name

Mya elegans (Eichwald, 1871) accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997

Rank

Species

Parent

Anatina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Laternula Röding, 1798

Original name

Anatina elegans Eichwald, 1871

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Eichwald, E. von. (1871). Geognostisch-palaeontologische Bemerkungen über die Halbinsel Mangischlak und die Aleutischen Inseln. St. Petersburg, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15582532
page(s): 119 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Anatina elegans Eichwald, 1871. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1877428 on 2026-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2026-04-13 13:50:12Z

created

Schneider, Simon

2026-05-01 07:15:50Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Eichwald, E. von. (1871). Geognostisch-palaeontologische Bemerkungen über die Halbinsel Mangischlak und die Aleutischen Inseln. St. Petersburg, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15582532
page(s): 119 [details]