WoRMS taxon details
Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758)
215996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215996)
accepted
Species
Quodrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Tellina gargadia Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Tellina inaequalis Hanley, 1844 · unaccepted
marine
(of Tellina gargadia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215996 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tellina gargadia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tellina inaequalis Hanley, 1844) Hanley S.C.T. (1844-1845). Descriptions of new species of the genus <i>Tellina</i> chiefly collected by H. Cuming Esq. in the Philippine Islands and Central America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 12: 59-64, 68-72 [September 1844]; 140-144, 147-149 [December 1844]; 164-166 [February 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862353 [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Tellina inaequalis Hanley, 1844) Hanley S.C.T. (1844-1845). Descriptions of new species of the genus <i>Tellina</i> chiefly collected by H. Cuming Esq. in the Philippine Islands and Central America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 12: 59-64, 68-72 [September 1844]; 140-144, 147-149 [December 1844]; 164-166 [February 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862353 [details]
basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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status source
Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] & Zhang J.-L. [Junlong]. (2018). <i>Fauna Sinica</i>. Invertebrata vol. 57: Mollusca. Bivalvia. Tellinidae, Semelidae. Beijing: Science Press. 236 pp. 15 pls.
page(s): 51, pl. 2 fig. 7 [details]
additional source Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] & Zhang J.-L. [Junlong]. (2018). <i>Fauna Sinica</i>. Invertebrata vol. 57: Mollusca. Bivalvia. Tellinidae, Semelidae. Beijing: Science Press. 236 pp. 15 pls.
page(s): 51, pl. 2 fig. 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオトゲウネガイ | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Quadrans gargadia)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Langa Langa Lagoon, by ...
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Quadrans gargadia)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Langa Langa Lagoon, by ...
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