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Katelysia japonica (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

1486429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486429)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Marcia japonica (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Katelysia Römer, 1857

Original name

Venus japonica Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Venus japonica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Katelysia japonica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486429 on 2025-11-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2021-02-28 14:54:49Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus japonica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Other

additional source Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 59 (4): 297-305. [details] Available for editors

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Japanese	スダレハマグリ	[details]

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