African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Perna variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

AfReMaS name details

Perna variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

AphiaID

216629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216629)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unaccepted generic combination)

Accepted name

Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Perna Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus variabilis 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): 25-26, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perna variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216629 on 2026-07-16

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. Perna variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216629 on 2026-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-09-12 08:36:27Z

created

Garcia, Maria

2000-09-14 06:49:43Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2011-10-07 23:42:53Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-03-08 21:04:46Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2014-03-04 16:00:58Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Mytilus variabilis 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): 25-26, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]

basis of record Kalk, M. (1958). Ecological studies on the shore of Moçambique. I. The fauna of intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(2): 189-242. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality