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Anomia achaeus Gray, 1850 
AphiaID: 591359

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Anomioidea (Superfamily) > Anomiidae (Family) > Anomia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anomia Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Anomia achaea [sic] (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 172 [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): 214 [details]

from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63, available online at http://e-library.costech.or.tz/collect/tanzania/index/assoc/HASHb932.dir/doc.pdf [details] [view taxon]

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: 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] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English saddle oyster (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution East Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Image 
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 04)
[image from synonym]
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 04)
added on 2009-08-13 - author: P. Pelseneer
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591359
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2011-12-21 22:16:06Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Anomia achaeus Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591359 on 2013-05-25
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