Marine Species Traits - Donax (Capsella) Gray, 1851

ERMS name details

Donax (Capsella) Gray, 1851

AphiaID

511068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511068)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851) Gray, J. E. (1851). List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 47 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax (Capsella) Gray, 1851. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=511068 on 2025-05-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Donax (Capsella) Gray, 1851. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511068 on 2025-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-01 10:13:04Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 12:11:24Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2015-01-25 19:14:35Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-16 20:51:47Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851) Gray, J. E. (1851). List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 47 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details]