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Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843) 
AphiaID: 225447

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Pharidae (Family) > Sinupharus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sinupharus Cosel, 1993
Synonymised
taxa
  Cultellus politus Dunker, 1862 (synonym)
Cultellus tenuis Gray, 1834 (non Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Siliqua polita (Dunker, 1862)
Solen tenuis Gray, 1834 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (from synonym): Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Distribution Angola (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Komo estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Pointe Noire (Congo) [details]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diagnosis: Chenu, 1843 Ill. Conchyl., Solen, pl. 2, fig. 8, 8a. [details]

Neotype: holotype of Cultellus politus Dunker, 1862, BMNH 1986104, Cosel, 1993: 274. [details]

Type locality: "in ostiis Gambiae fluminis" (Dunker, 1862) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225447
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-03-22 07:58:54Z  created  Mint Jiddou, Azza
2009-09-05 11:22:23Z  changed  von Cosel, Rudo
  
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  Citation: von Cosel, R. (2013). Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225447 on 2013-06-18
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