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Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846 
AphiaID: 391432

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Propeamussiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amusium)
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Accepted name  Amusium Röding, 1798
Rank Genus
Parent Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
Source Not documented
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 Subgenus Amussium (Variamussium)
  » Species Amussium (Variamussium) permirum Dautzenberg, 1925 accepted as Parvamussium permirum (Dautzenberg, 1925)

Species Amussium solitarium Smith, 1894 (species inquirenda)

Species Amussium alcocki E. A. Smith, 1894 accepted as Propeamussium alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894)
Species Amussium andamanicum E. A. Smith, 1894 accepted as Propeamussium andamanicum (Smith, 1894)
Species Amussium caducum Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium cancellatum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium cancellatum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium cristatellum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Parvamussium cristatellum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Species Amussium dalli Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium dalli (Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium electrum Pelseneer, 1911 accepted as Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium formosum Melvill in Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Parvamussium formosum (Melvill in Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Amussium hypomeces Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873)
Species Amussium ina Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Propeamussium ina (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Species Amussium investigatoris Smith, 1906 accepted as Propeamussium investigatoris (Smith, 1906)
Species Amussium jeffreysii Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium lucidum Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873 accepted as Parvamussium marmoratum (Dall, 1881)
  » Variety Amussium lucidum var. marmoratum Dall, 1881 accepted as Parvamussium marmoratum (Dall, 1881)
Species Amussium margaritiferum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Propeamussium investigatoris (Smith, 1906)
Species Amussium meridionale E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium obliquum Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium obliquum (Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium obliteratum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Dentamussium obliteratum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Amussium octodecimliratum Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Propeamussium octodecimliratum (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Amussium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) accepted as Euvola papyracea (Gabb, 1873)
Species Amussium pauciliratum Smith, 1903 accepted as Parvamussium pauciliratum (E. A. Smith, 1903)
Species Amussium propinquum Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium propinquum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium scitulum Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium scitulum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium sibogai Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904 accepted as Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)
Species Amussium siebenrocki Sturany, 1901 accepted as Parvamussium siebenrocki (Sturany, 1901)
Species Amussium squamigerum Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium squamigerum (Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium steindachneri Sturany, 1901 accepted as Propeamussium steindachneri (Sturany, 1901)
Species Amussium sublucidum Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Parvamussium propinquum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium texturatum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Parvamussium texturatum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Species Amussium torresi Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium torresi (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium watsoni E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium weberi Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Amussium zoniferum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Propeamussium zoniferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Environment marine
Note  Nomenclature: The first entry of Amusium into binominal scientific literature was of Röding (1798) with the type species Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Herrmannsen (1846) introduced 'Amussium' as emendation for Amusium, which was not necessary.
Afterwards several worker followed Röding or Herrmannsen. Smith and Dautzenberg & Bavay used 'Amussium' for most of the deep-water glass-scallops (now Propeamussium and Parvamussium). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391432
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2009-04-15 13:59:38Z  created  Dijkstra, Henk
2011-10-01 08:49:20Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Dijkstra, H. (2013). Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391432 on 2013-05-19
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