African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Macrochisma Gray, 1835

AphiaID

732496 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:732496)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted name

Macroschisma Gray, 1835

Rank

Genus

Parent

Fissurellinae J. Fleming, 1822

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Species Macrochisma sinensis A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Macroschisma sinense A. Adams, 1855 (incorrect spelling of genus name; wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1862). Monograph of the genus Macrochisma. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (21): 205–206, pls 244. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940632 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrochisma Gray, 1835. 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=732496 on 2026-03-25

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. Macrochisma Gray, 1835. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732496 on 2026-03-25

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-06-14 13:32:19Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2024-08-19 18:29:38Z

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Vos, Chris

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original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1862). Monograph of the genus Macrochisma. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (21): 205–206, pls 244. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940632 [details]

basis of record Adams, A. (1851). A monograph of Macrochisma, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Fissurellidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1850) 18: 202–203., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278724 [details]

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