WoRMS taxon details
Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)
505791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505791)
accepted
Species
Anapa smithii J. E. Gray, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 · unaccepted
Mactra pinguis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 · unaccepted
Mesodesma triquetrum Hanley, 1843 · unaccepted
Spisula adelaidae Angas, 1865 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505791 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Anapa smithii J. E. Gray, 1853) Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724 [details]
original description (of Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]
original description (of Mactra pinguis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864) Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. (1864). Diagnoses Molluscorum Australiae meridionalis. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 12 (4): 346-350., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055567 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma triquetrum Hanley, 1843) Hanley, S. (1843). Descriptions of five new species of bivalve shells, from the collection of W. Metcalfe, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Volume 11 [for 1843], pp. 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680079
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Spisula adelaidae Angas, 1865) Angas, G. F. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of marine bivalve shells from South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865: 697. [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]
original description (of Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]
original description (of Mactra pinguis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864) Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. (1864). Diagnoses Molluscorum Australiae meridionalis. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 12 (4): 346-350., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055567 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma triquetrum Hanley, 1843) Hanley, S. (1843). Descriptions of five new species of bivalve shells, from the collection of W. Metcalfe, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Volume 11 [for 1843], pp. 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680079
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Spisula adelaidae Angas, 1865) Angas, G. F. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of marine bivalve shells from South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865: 697. [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
Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anapella cycladea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818)
To Malacopics (Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818) Australia, Victoria, Wilsons Promontory National ...
To NHMUK collection (Mactra amygdala Crosse & Fischer, 1864; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7825655) (from synonym Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anapella cycladea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818)
To Malacopics (Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818) Australia, Victoria, Wilsons Promontory National ...
To NHMUK collection (Mactra amygdala Crosse & Fischer, 1864; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7825655) (from synonym Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
