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Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791)

394327  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394327)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
  10. Pectininae (Subfamily)
  11. Aequipectinini (Tribe)
  12. Volachlamys (Genus)
  13. Volachlamys tranquebaria (Species)
accepted
Species
Ostrea tranquebaria Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ostrea undata Born, 1778 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Pecten tranquebaricus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine
(of Ostrea tranquebaria 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] OpenAccess publication
Depth range below littoral  
Depth range below littoral [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394327 on 2026-06-06
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2009-05-01 20:53:08Z
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Dijkstra, Henk

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original description (of Ostrea tranquebaria 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ostrea undata Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 94 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Depth range below littoral [details]

Length >40 mm [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Pecten tranquebaricus [sic])
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria BROWN) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria BROWN) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria BROWN) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria DARK) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria DARK) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria DARK) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Volachlamys tranquebaria ORANGE) 
To Malacopics (Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791) Thailand) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Unreviewed
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