African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848

WoRMS name details

Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848

AphiaID

504376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504376)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Tetrarca acuminata (Krauss, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848

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Subspecies Arca acuminata dayi P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1994 accepted as Tetrarca acuminata dayi (P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1994) (basionym)
Variety Arca acuminata var. subnormalis Pilsbry, 1895 accepted as Arca patriarchalis Röding, 1798 accepted as Lamarcka avellana (Lamarck, 1819)

Environment

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

Original description

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): 14, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Natal

type locality contained in Natal [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca acuminata Krauss, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504376 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2019-08-27 10:09:17Z

changed

Herbert, David

2021-11-08 08:06:35Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-08-24 10:11:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

Nomenclature

original description 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): 14, pl. 1, fig. 11. [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Herbert, D. G. & Warén, A. (1999). South African Mollusca described by Ferdinand Krauss: their current status and notes on type material housed in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 40: 205-243., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_101
page(s): 215 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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