African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Asaphis Modeer, 1793

AphiaID

204788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204788)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828

Original name

Asaphis Modeer, 1793

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Species Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Asaphis violascens (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Asaphis dichotoma (Anton, 1838) accepted as Asaphis violascens (Forsskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Asaphis violaceus [sic] accepted as Asaphis violascens (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Modeer, A. (1793). Inledning til kunskapen om maskkraken i allmänhet; 5. Classen. Musslor, Cochleata. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlinger.</em> 14: 163–183.
page(s): 176 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Asaphis Modeer, 1793. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204788 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Asaphis Modeer, 1793. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204788 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-05-25 06:41:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2012-08-13 11:03:37Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-05 20:19:00Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-01-22 08:55:54Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Modeer, A. (1793). Inledning til kunskapen om maskkraken i allmänhet; 5. Classen. Musslor, Cochleata. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlinger.</em> 14: 163–183.
page(s): 176 [details]

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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