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Atactodea glabrata (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 181351

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mesodesmatidae (Family) > Atactodea (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (preoccupied name, primary homonym of Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1758)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
Rank Species
Parent Atactodea Dall, 1895
Synonymised
taxa
  Mesodesma glabrata (Gmelin, 1791)
Mesodesma glabrum (Lapsus calami for Mesodesma glabrata?)
Sources  basis of record: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213 [details]

basis of record: Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50. [details]

additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 154 [details]


from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste prĂ©liminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 10/2: 113-133. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English smooth beach clam  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Atactodea glabrata
Atactodea glabrata
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181351
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-09-12 11:13:23Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2013-05-18 20:35:54Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Atactodea glabrata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181351 on 2013-05-23
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