WoRMS taxon details
Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
AphiaID: 505963
AphiaID: 505963
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Aulacomya (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Aulacomya Mörch, 1853 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782) (incorrect gender ending) Aulacomya ater ater Aulacomya magellanica (Chemnitz, 1783) Mytilus americanus d'Orbigny, 1846 Mytilus ater Molina, 1782 Mytilus crenatus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus decussatus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus diluculum Mörch, 1874 Mytilus magellanicus Chemnitz Mytilus magellanicus var. curvatus Stempell, 1899 Mytilus oblongus Clessin, 1887 Mytilus orbignyanus Hupé in Gay, 1854 Mytilus pyriformis Gould, 1850 | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] 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] 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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| Distribution | Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Langebaan Lagoon (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Namibia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Saldanha Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 9 proteins) | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505963 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Huber, M. (2013). Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505963 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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