WoRMS taxon details
Donax spiculum Reeve, 1855
494730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494730)
accepted
Species
marine
Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Donax</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date:pl. 1-6, September 1854; pl. 7-8, October 1854; pl.9: June 1855]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120533 [details]
Distribution Described without indication of a locality. Fischer-Piette (1957) used this name for a West African species treated as...
Distribution Described without indication of a locality. Fischer-Piette (1957) used this name for a West African species treated as Donax pulchellus Hanley, 1843 by Cosel & Gofas (2019) who followed Subba Rao & Dey (1986) and Huber (2010) in treating this as an Indian Ocean species [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Donax spiculum Reeve, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494730 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Donax</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date:pl. 1-6, September 1854; pl. 7-8, October 1854; pl.9: June 1855]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120533 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ansell, A. D.; Sivadas, P.; Narayanan, B.; Trevallion, A. (1972). The ecology of two sandy beaches in south west India. III. Observations on the population of <i>Donax incarnatus</i> and <i>D. spiculum</i>. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 17(4): 318-332., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00366743 [details]
subsequent type designation Fischer-Piette E. (1957). Sur un <i>Donax</i> récolté par M. Sourie au Sénégal. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 97(2): 63-66.
note: neotype designated [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ansell, A. D.; Sivadas, P.; Narayanan, B.; Trevallion, A. (1972). The ecology of two sandy beaches in south west India. III. Observations on the population of <i>Donax incarnatus</i> and <i>D. spiculum</i>. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 17(4): 318-332., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00366743 [details]
subsequent type designation Fischer-Piette E. (1957). Sur un <i>Donax</i> récolté par M. Sourie au Sénégal. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 97(2): 63-66.
note: neotype designated [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Described without indication of a locality. Fischer-Piette (1957) used this name for a West African species treated as Donax pulchellus Hanley, 1843 by Cosel & Gofas (2019) who followed Subba Rao & Dey (1986) and Huber (2010) in treating this as an Indian Ocean species [details]
