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Rangia Des Moulins, 1832

AphiaID

156990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156990)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832 accepted as Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Rangia Des Moulins, 1832

Synonymised names

Gnathodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Rangia (Miorangia) Dall, 1894 † · alternative representation

Rangia (Rangia) Des Moulins, 1832 · alternative representation

Rangia (Rangianella) Conrad, 1868 · alternative representation

Rangianella Conrad, 1868 · unaccepted

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Species Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Species Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1839)
Species Rangia mendica (A. A. Gould, 1851)
Species Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832 accepted as Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'un genre nouveau de coquille bivalve. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 5: 48-58, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32927003
page(s): 50 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rangia Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156990 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 11:54:45Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2012-03-23 23:27:01Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-14 17:26:04Z

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Gofas, Serge

2025-05-22 07:57:58Z

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Schneider, Simon

2026-03-27 20:02:06Z

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Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'un genre nouveau de coquille bivalve. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 5: 48-58, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32927003
page(s): 50 [details]

original description (of Rangia (Rangianella) Conrad, 1868) Conrad, T. A. (1868). Catalogue of the family Mactridae. American Journal of Conchology. 3, appendix: 30-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658934
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Gnathodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673 [details]

original description (of Rangia (Miorangia) Dall, 1894 †) Dall, W. H. (1894). Monograph of the genus Gnathodon Gray (Rangia, Desmoulins). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 17, p. 89-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675085#page/121/mode/1up
page(s): 91, 100 [details]

Other

additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

additional source Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044700 [details]

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