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WoRMS taxon details

Siliqua squama (Blainville, 1827)

AphiaID

533423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533423)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Solecurtus squama Blainville, 1827

Synonymised names

Solecurtus nitidus A. A. Gould, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Solecurtus squama Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siliqua squama (Blainville, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533423 on 2025-11-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-15 08:28:27Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-15 08:54:50Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Solecurtus nitidus A. A. Gould, 1840) Gould, A. A. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> (1) 38: 196-197., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30966509
page(s): 196. [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 43 [details]