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Donax lubricus Hanley, 1845 
AphiaID: 216492

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Donacidae (Family) > Donax (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Donax (Dentilatona) lubricus Hanley, 1845
Donax aemulus E. A. Smith, 1878
Donax elegans Odhner, 1919
Donax productus Odhner, 1919
Psammotellina neptuni Turton, 1932
Sources  basis of record: Coan E.V. & Kabat A.R. (2012) The malacological works and taxa of Sylvanius Hanley (1819-1899). Malacologia 55(2): 285-359. [details]

basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details]

additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 232 [details]


from synonym: Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagasar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1-52, 4 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English slippery wedge shell  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution East Coast of South Africa [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216492
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-04-01 05:38:17Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2012-07-14 19:34:51Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Donax lubricus Hanley, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216492 on 2013-05-20
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