WoRMS taxon details

Gaimardia kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)

505178  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505178)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cyamioidea (Superfamily)
  10. Gaimardiidae (Family)
  11. Gaimardia (Genus)
  12. Gaimardia kerguelensis (Species)
accepted
Species
Modiolarca kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Modiolarca kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 280, pl. 16, figs 8, 8a. [details] 
Type locality contained in Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gaimardia kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505178 on 2025-08-21
Date
action
by
2010-08-18 08:38:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2023-10-21 19:15:49Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Modiolarca kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 280, pl. 16, figs 8, 8a. [details] 

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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