WoRMS taxon details
Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782)
AphiaID: 224604
AphiaID: 224604
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Aulacomya (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (incorrect gender ending) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Aulacomya Mörch, 1853 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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: 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: 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): 198 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Aulacomya ater ater accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Langebaan Lagoon [details] Namibia [details] North Sea [details] Saldanha Bay [details] South Africa [details] West Coast of South Africa [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224604 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224604 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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