Foraminifera source details
The names Aeolidia and Linnaeus, 1761 were stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 779) The correct data of ... [details]
The speciesname Aeolidia verrucosais stated as valid by the ICZN (Op.781) [details]
The family name Akeridae has been placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 539. [details]
The author of Arca minuta is Müller and not Fabricius, 1776 as Abbott (1974) and Bernard (1979b) maintain. [details]
Manuscript name of Leach validated by Brown (1827). [details]
In Backeljau another author is used: Kanmacher, 1798 [details]
The speciename Bulla lignaria is stated as valid by ICZN (Op.287) [details]
The species name Bulla truncatula was placed on the Official List of names in Zoology in ICZN Opinion 549. [details]
Linnaeus, 1758 has descibed Cardium corallinumas well as Cardium stultorum , the first hails from the ... [details]
The original author of Cardium glaucum is a serious problem, because Poiret and Brugière have described this ... [details]
Linnaeus, 1758 has descibed Cardium corallinumas well as Cardium stultorum , the first hails from the ... [details]
The original name of this species is Dentale vulgare Da Costa, 1778 according to Backeljau [details]
The speciesname Doris auriculatus is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 775) [details]
The speciesname Doris clavigera is stated as valib by the ICZN (Op.833). [details]
The speciesname Doto fragilis is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 697) [details]
The names Embletonia and Pterochilus pulcher Alder & Hancock, 1844 is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 782) [details]
The speciesname Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842 is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op.777). In Op. 777 the name ... [details]
The speciesname Eolis exigua is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 773). Name No. 2141. [details]
The speciesname Eolis pallida Alder & Hancock, 1842 is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op.773). There is no reason ... [details]
The family name Eubranchidae is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 774) [details]
The species name Eubranchus tricolor is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 774) [details]
The genusname Facelina is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 775) [details]
(Linnaeus, 1767) non Fabricius, 1780 nec Poli, 1791 [details]
The genussname Limacia is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op.833). [details]
Montagu treated in 1803 only M. stultorum and in 1808 he described a species M. cinera that had a lot of ... [details]
Linnaeus, 1758 has descibed Cardium corallinumas well as Cardium stultorum , the first hails from the ... [details]
Montagu treated in 1803 only M. stultorum and in 1808 he described a species M. cinerea that had a lot of ... [details]
Margarites helicinus has been established by Phipps in 1774 and not by Fabricus in 1780 as Winchworth (1932), Sneli ... [details]
The genusname Volsella Scopoli, 1777 was rejected by the ICZN (Op. 325) [details]
The name Mya was placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 94. [details]
The genusname Ocenebra is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op.886). The synonym genusname Tritonalia is rejected by ... [details]
The species name Ocenebra erinacea is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op.886) [details]
Winkworth (1932), Jaeckel (1958) and Abbott (1974) mention "Lamarck, 1798" as authority. Other authors however ... [details]
The genusname Ostrea is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 94 en Op. 356) [details]
Yeasr of description sometimes incorrectly given as 1767 [details]
The species name Tellina (Fabulina) fabula was described by Gronovius (1781), but it is stated as a nomenclatoric ... [details]
The speciesname Tergipes adspersus is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 1084). [details]
The speciesname Limax tergipes Forskäl, 1775 is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 773). [details]
According to Russell, 1971 the correct date of publication is 1815 and not 1807, which is given by Pruvot-Fol, 1954 ... [details]
Muus (1963c) gives as authority for Todaropsis ablanae "Lesueur, 1821". The majority of authors (e.g. Winckworth, 1932; ... [details]
The correct date of publication is 1803 and not 1802, which is given by a few authors (Russel, 1971).
The ...
[details]According to Russell, 1971 T. plebeia is described by Johnston in 1828 and not in 1838, which is given by Odhner, 1907; ... [details]
There has been al lot of confusion about the correct author of Trivia arctica . More information see Backeljau (1986). [details]
Confusion about the name: A. communis and A. crinita wered referred to as Chiton fascicularis according to ... [details]
Confusion about the name: A. communis and A. crinita wered referred to as Chiton fascicularis according to ... [details]
Vader (1981) has placed A. modesta in a new family: Alderiidae. [details]
Some authors consider Amauropsis Mörch, 1857 as a subgenus of Bulbus Brown, 1839. [details]
McKay & Smith (1979) put Corbula gibba (by mistake?) in the family Myidae. The classification used here follows the ... [details]
Lamellaria latens sometimes traeted as a form of L. perspicua [details]
The genusname Littorina and typespecies Turbo littoreus Linnaeus, 1758 was stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 1159). [details]
Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 is a valid genus according to Nordsieck (1969), but a valid subgenus of Mya according ... [details]
According to Van Regteren Altena et al. (1965) and Van Aartsen et al. (1984) Hinia Gray, 1847 is considered as a ... [details]
According to Heppell (in McKay & Smith 1979) it is preferably to use Odostomia rissoides Hanley, 1844 in stead of ... [details]
Turbo semicostatus Montagu, 1803 is probably another species than those which is mostly understand by that name. ... [details]
According to Mansel-Pleydell (1898) is P. pectinata Born, 1778 the typespecies of Helcion Montfort, 1810. ... [details]
According to Mansel-Pleydell (1898) is P. pectinata Born, 1778 the type species of Helcion Montfort, 1810. ... [details]
According to Vokes (1967), Nordsieck (1969) and McKay & Smith (1979) Phaxas Leach, 1852 distinguishes itself from ... [details]
Some authors (e.g. Winckworth, 1932; Nordsieck, 1969) put all species that are shaped like a knife in the family of ... [details]
Abbott (1974) considers Timoclea Brown, 1827 as a subgenus of Chione Megerle van Mühlfeld, 1811. However, we ... [details]
Backeljau prefered the generic name Tornus above Adeorbis W. Wood, 1842 [details]
According to Gründel (1975), the correct family name is Triforidae Jousseaume, 1884 and not Triphoridae. And this ... [details]
The taxonomy of this family has to be reconsiderd. Backeljau (1986) follows Nordsieck (1968, 1977) and Van Aartsen ... [details]
Some authors consider T. communis as a subspecies of the fossil T. tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814). The majority of ... [details]
A. virginica is reported from the Belgian coast by many authors (e.g. Colbeau, 1868; Pelseneer, 1881; Maitland, 1897; ... [details]
Records of Amauropsis islandicus at the Belgian coast are probably based on fossil remains. [details]
Maitland (1897) and Jaeckel (1952) reported this species at the Belgian coast, but according to Engel (1936) there ... [details]
The Trophoninae reported from the Belgian coast are probably (sub)fossil. There is also a possibility that it was ... [details]
Based on a single specimen which was found in Heist (Belgium) in fossil material and the fact that the little ... [details]
Colus gracilis as well as C. islandicus were imported from northern parts by fishers. [details]
In the older fauna lists (e.g. De Malzine (1867), Colbeau (1868), Pelseneer (1881b), Maitland (1897) and Vonck ... [details]
Even though Pelseneer (1881b) put this species in his list, it is not known for sure that Diplodonta rotundata can ... [details]
The reports of Donax trunculus done by Pelseneer(1881b) and Vonck (1933) are probably wrong according to Dumoulin ... [details]
Fossil specimens of Donax variegatus could wash ashore the Belgian coast. [details]
Mainland (1897) mentioned this Mediterranean species at the Belgian coast. It is however not known for sure if this ... [details]
E. pulchra is reported by Maitland, 1897 and Vonck, 1933. The appearance of E. pulchra at the belgian coast had to ... [details]
Even though Pelseneer(1881b) and Lucas (1975) recorded Ervilia castanea for the Belgian coast, it is not known for ... [details]
Even though Pelseneer (1881b) mentioned Galeomma turtoni for our Belgian coast, we are not sure if the species ... [details]
Gastrochaena dubia is recorded for the first time at the Belgian coast by Pelseneer(1881). [details]
Fretter and Graham (1977) stated that this species does not occurs at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands. ... [details]
It is not known for sure if this species can be found at the Belgian coast. [details]
It is not unlikely that fossil remains of two other Jujubinus species, Jujubinus exasperatus (Pennant, 1777) and ... [details]
L. neritoides is reported from the Belgian coast by many authors (e.g. De Malzine, 1867; Colbeau, 1868; Pelseneer, 1881b;Vonck, ... [details]
L. neritoides is reported for the Belgian coast by many authors (e.g. De Malzine, 1867; Colbeau, 1868; Pelseneer, 1881b, ... [details]
L. palliata was reported at the Belgian coast, but were probably misidentifications. This species is a typical ... [details]
Records of Lunatia fusca, Lunatia pallida and Lunatia montagui are only known from older literature (de Malzine, 1867; ... [details]
Records of Lunatia fusca, Lunatia pallida and Lunatia montagui are only known from older literature (de Malzine, 1867; ... [details]
Records of Lunatia fusca, Lunatia pallida and Lunatia montagui are only known from older literature (de Malzine, 1867; ... [details]
The appearance of Modiolus modiolus at the Belgian coast was very doubtful according to Kerckhof (1980); in ... [details]
Living specimens are not yet reported for the Belgian coast, but this species must be found though. [details]
Although the species Otina ovata is reported for the Belgian coast by De Mazine (1867), Pelseneer (1881b), Maitland ... [details]
Al the specimens in the samples of the Belgian coasts were determined as P. vulgata , probably there are a few ... [details]
Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known ... [details]
P. quadrilineata is reported from the Belgian coast by Maitland (1897) and Vonck (1933). However, no definite ... [details]
for the Belgian coast, no definite reports of living specimens exist upon. Empty shells however are washed ashore ... [details]
Sepia orbignyana is a southern species which probably does not belong to the Belgian fauna (Duchamps, 1972). ... [details]