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Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848) 
AphiaID: 224615

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Arcuatula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919
Synonymised
taxa		  Lamya capensis (Krauss, 1848)
 Modiola capensis Krauss, 1848
 Modiola tenerrima Smith, 1904
 Modiolus capensis (Krauss, 1848)
Sources  basis of record: 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]

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: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 159 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English estuarine mussel  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution East Coast of South Africa [details]
Mozambique [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Estuarine mussel [details]
Image 
Arcuatula capensis
Arcuatula capensis
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224615
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-16 11:07:45Z  created  Mussai, Prakash
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
2012-07-05 23:43:01Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M. (2013). Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224615 on 2013-06-19
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