WoRMS taxon details
Adacnarca velaini (E. A. Smith, 1904)
504668 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504668)
accepted
Species
Hochstetteria kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hochstetteria velaini E. A. Smith, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hochstetterina velaini (E. A. Smith, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Philobrya velaini (E. A. Smith, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hochstetteria velaini E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 42, pl. 3, fig. 24. [details]
page(s): 42, pl. 3, fig. 24. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Adacnarca velaini (E. A. Smith, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504668 on 2026-06-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hochstetteria kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 219, pl. 56, sp. 1524. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Hochstetteria velaini E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 42, pl. 3, fig. 24. [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]
page(s): 219, pl. 56, sp. 1524. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Hochstetteria velaini E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 42, pl. 3, fig. 24. [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]
Other
additional source
Hoffman, L., Wienberg, C., Lischer, M. & Zettler, M. L. (2024). Occurence of Adacnarca (Bivalvia: Philobryidae) of late Pleistocene age from the continental shelf of Namibia and notes on species from South Africa. <em>Basteria.</em> 88 (2): 264-270. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 156 [details]
[request]additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 156 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
