MolluscaBase - Excellichlamys histrionica (Gmelin, 1791)

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Excellichlamys histrionica (Gmelin, 1791)

To GB Mollusca Types (Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791; Neotype; UMZC I.100535)

AphiaID

215393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215393)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Excellichlamys Iredale, 1939

Original name

Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range below littoral

Depth range below littoral [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Excellichlamys histrionica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215393 on 2026-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-09 13:54:23Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-05-13 11:38:17Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

Licensing

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original description (of Ostrea histrionica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

basis of record Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. <em>Universal Book Services/Backhuys.</em> [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors