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WoRMS taxon details

Thracia similis Couthouy, 1839

AphiaID

506911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506911)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Thracia Blainville, 1824

Original name

Thracia similis Couthouy, 1839

Synonymised names

Thracia rugosa A. d'Orbigny, 1846 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of Anculotus, and one of Eolis. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Thracia similis Couthouy, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506911 on 2026-03-24

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 Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of Anculotus, and one of Eolis. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787 [details]

original description (of Thracia rugosa A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1841-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, et 1833. Volume 5 (4). Zoophytes, pp. 17-28 [1847], pl. 1, 3, 5 [1841], 2, 4, 6-13 [1842]. P. Bertrand, Paris, and Levrault, Strasbourg. P. Bertrand, Paris; V. Levrault, Strasbourg. Text: 1847: 7-28; Plates: 1841: 1, 3, 5; 1842: 2, 4, 6-13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14544007
page(s): 519 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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]