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WoRMS taxon details

Paphia declivis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)

AphiaID

507795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507795)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Paphia Röding, 1798

Original name

Tapes declivis G. B. Sowerby II, 1852

Synonymised names

Paphia schnelliana (Dunker, 1865) sensu Springsteen & Leobrera, 1986 · unaccepted (misapplication)

Tapes declivis G. B. Sowerby II, 1852 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Tapes declivis G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1852). Monograph of the genus Tapes. Fam. Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (13): 678–699, pls 145–151. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075860
page(s): 680-681, pl. 145 fig. 9 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Paphia declivis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507795 on 2026-02-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tapes declivis G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1852). Monograph of the genus Tapes. Fam. Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (13): 678–699, pls 145–151. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075860
page(s): 680-681, pl. 145 fig. 9 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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