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WoRMS taxon details

Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1839)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 52653)

AphiaID

505754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505754)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Rangia Des Moulins, 1832

Original name

Gnathodon flexuosa Conrad, 1839

Synonymised names

Gnathodon flexuosa Conrad, 1839 · unaccepted

Gnathodon flexuosa var. petitianus Dall, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gnathodon rostratum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 · unaccepted

Rangianella flexuosa (Conrad, 1839) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505754 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2021-08-21 19:45:55Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Gnathodon rostratum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1853). Description de deux nouvelles especes du genre Gnathodon. Journal de Conchyliologie. 4: 83-84.
page(s): 84 [details]

original description (of Gnathodon flexuosa var. petitianus Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Monograph of the genus Gnathodon Gray (Rangia, Desmoulins). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 17, p. 89-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675085#page/121/mode/1up
page(s): 103 [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]