Gafrarium divaricatum
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
date: 2026-08-11
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=362562 on 2026-08-11
created: 2008-07-16T23:21:02Z
modified: 2012-07-14T21:34:51Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791)
class: Bivalvia
family: Veneridae
genus: Gafrarium
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1863-1864). Monograph of the genus Circe. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 14, pls. 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-10, Oct. 1863; 1, Feb. 1864].
name published in: Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855].
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
name published in year: 1863-1864
name published in year: 1853-1855
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1818
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 138637
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Gmelin, 1791)
specific epithet: divaricatum
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted