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Davila J. E. Gray, 1853

AphiaID

492540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492540)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Davila polita Gray, 1853 accepted as Davila plana (Hanley, 1843) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Mesodesmatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Direct children (3)

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Species Davila plana (Hanley, 1843)
Species Davila polita Gray, 1853 accepted as Davila plana (Hanley, 1843)
Species Davila umbonata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Neolepton umbonatum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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
page(s): 44 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Davila J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492540 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-31 13:00:00Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-11-29 14:16:02Z

checked

Sartori, André F.

2024-03-25 16:08:26Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description 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
page(s): 44 [details]