Chavania erythraea
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Taylor, John
creator: Herbert, David
date: 2026-08-29
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: Chavania erythraea (Issel, 1869)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chavania erythraea (Issel, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367269 on 2026-08-29
created: 2008-09-09T14:53:10Z
modified: 2022-04-06T10:05:35Z
replaces: 1895576
replaces: 213489
replaces: 566989
replaces: 367267
replaces: 566990
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chavania erythraea (Issel, 1869)
class: Bivalvia
family: Lucinidae
genus: Chavania
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Adams, H. (1871). Descriptions of twenty-six new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1870) 38(3): 788-793, pl. 48. [published April 1871].
name published in: Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5.
name published in: Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5.
name published in year: 1871
name published in year: 1869
name published in year: 1918
order: Lucinida
parent name usage ID: 367268
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Issel, 1869)
specific epithet: erythraea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted