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Afsharius asmenus (Melvill, 1907)

849039  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:849039)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Tellinidae (Family)
  12. Tellininae (Subfamily)
  13. Afsharius (Genus)
  14. Afsharius asmenus (Species)
accepted
Species
Tellina (Tellinella) asmena Melvill, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina asmena Melvill, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina (Tellinella) asmena Melvill, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 818-819, pl. 56, fig. 2.; note: given as Melvill, sp. n. [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman  
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afsharius asmenus (Melvill, 1907). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849039 on 2025-09-04
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2015-06-04 12:36:00Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2020-12-01 11:34:23Z
changed
Herbert, David
2023-01-17 14:49:07Z
changed
Herbert, David

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original description (of Tellina (Tellinella) asmena Melvill, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 818-819, pl. 56, fig. 2.; note: given as Melvill, sp. n. [details] 

new combination reference Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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