African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Coralliophaga decussata (Reeve, 1843)

AfReMaS taxon details

Coralliophaga decussata (Reeve, 1843)

AphiaID

208483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208483)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Coralliophaga Blainville, 1824

Original name

Cypricardia decussata Reeve, 1843

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus Cypricardia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1., pls. 1-2 and unpaginated text. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: September 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119463 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophaga decussata (Reeve, 1843). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208483 on 2026-08-06

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. Coralliophaga decussata (Reeve, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208483 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

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original description (of ) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus Cypricardia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1., pls. 1-2 and unpaginated text. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: September 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119463 [details]

basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records. 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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