WoRMS taxon details
Amphithyris seminula (Philippi, 1836)
235653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235653)
accepted
Species
Platidia seminula (Philippi, 1836) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platidia seminulum (Philippi, 1836) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Terebratula seminulum Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terebratula seminulum Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details] 
Lectotype ZMB Bra 2146, geounit Sicily
Lectotype ZMB Bra 2146, geounit Sicily [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Amphithyris seminula (Philippi, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235653 on 2025-11-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terebratula seminulum Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
basis of record Emig, C.C.; Bitner, M.A.; Alvarez, F. (2016). Brachiopoda database. Assessed on 09-02-2016. , available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/brachiopoda_database/brachiopoda-database.html [details]
new combination reference Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl.
note: Thomson (1918) first placed this species in genus Amphithyris, though this was rejected for many decades. [details]
basis of record Emig, C.C.; Bitner, M.A.; Alvarez, F. (2016). Brachiopoda database. Assessed on 09-02-2016. , available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/brachiopoda_database/brachiopoda-database.html [details]
new combination reference Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl.
note: Thomson (1918) first placed this species in genus Amphithyris, though this was rejected for many decades. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Nauendorf, A.; Wörheide, G.; Lüter, C. (2014). Revision of the brachiopod genus <em>Amphithyris</em> (Rhynchonelliformea: Platidiidae) with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3847(2): 221-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.3
note: Designates Lectotype material, compares to other species in genus, and documents complex series of synonymies regarding this species. [details] Available for editors
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note: Designates Lectotype material, compares to other species in genus, and documents complex series of synonymies regarding this species. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZMB Bra 2146, geounit Sicily [details]
