WoRMS name details
original description
(of Venus edentula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. (2005). Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide <i>Anodontia</i> (Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinidae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 3(3): 281-338. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Taylor & Glover (2005) explained that as the original description was vague and could apply to several Anodontia species and the so called type specimen added later, there is considerable confusion as to which Anodontia species this name applies. They recommended abandonment of the name. [details]
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English |
toothless platter shell |
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