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WoRMS taxon details

Arcturellina Chavan, 1951

AphiaID

492197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492197)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Venericardia asperula Deshayes, 1825 † accepted as Arcturellina asperula (Deshayes, 1825) † (type by original designation)

Parent

Venericardiinae Chavan, 1969

Original name

Arcturellina Chavan, 1951

Synonymised names

Acturellina Chavan, 1951 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling

Arcturella Chavan, 1941 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Arcturella...)

junior homonym of Arcturella Sars, 1897 [Crustacea]; Arcturellina is a replacement name

Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) Chavan, 1951 † · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Arcturellina abyssicola (Hinds, 1845)
Species Arcturellina conferta (E. A. Smith, 1906)
Species Arcturellina elegantula (Deshayes, 1854)
Species Arcturellina pelseneeri (Prashad, 1932)
Species Arcturellina pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Chavan, A. (1951). Dénominations supraspécifiques de mollusques modifiées ou nouvelles. Compte-Rendu Sommaire des Séances, Société Géologique de France. 12: 210-212.
page(s): 211 [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Arcturella Chavan, 1941, non Sars, 1897 [Crustacea]

Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Arcturella Chavan, 1941, non Sars, 1897 [Crustacea] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arcturellina Chavan, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492197 on 2026-08-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-28 10:55:32Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-11-25 09:20:34Z

checked

Sartori, André F.

2013-11-26 09:39:46Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2020-01-05 20:19:00Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-01-09 08:10:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-11-13 11:03:29Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Chavan, A. (1951). Dénominations supraspécifiques de mollusques modifiées ou nouvelles. Compte-Rendu Sommaire des Séances, Société Géologique de France. 12: 210-212.
page(s): 211 [details]

original description (of Arcturella Chavan, 1941) Chavan, A. (1941). Sur deux nouveaux groupes de Carditidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 84: 97-102.
page(s): 100 [details]