African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)

WoRMS name details

Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)

AphiaID

216521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216521)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Macoma Leach, 1819

Original name

Tellina litoralis Krauss, 1848

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

(of Tellina litoralis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216521 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-07-07 17:10:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-06-12 07:47:41Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tellina litoralis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 187 [details]

Other

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 228 [details]

additional source 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]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	littoral tellin	[details]

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