Marine Species Traits - Moerella iridescens (W. H. Benson, 1842)

Traits name details

Moerella iridescens (W. H. Benson, 1842)

AphiaID

714907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714907)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Iridona iridescens (W. H. Benson, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

Moerella P. Fischer, 1887

Original name

Sanguinolaria iridescens W. H. Benson, 1842

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Benson, W. H. (1842). Mollusca. in: T. Cantor, General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9(60): 486-490., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684698
page(s): 490 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moerella iridescens (Benson, 1842). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714907 on 2025-05-22

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Moerella iridescens (W. H. Benson, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714907 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-01-08 10:43:56Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2014-01-17 21:57:49Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2015-06-05 13:40:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Benson, W. H. (1842). Mollusca. in: T. Cantor, General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9(60): 486-490., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684698
page(s): 490 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Fleddum, A. L. (2010). Effects of Human Disturbance on Biologiccal Traits and Structure of Macrobenthic Communities. PhD Thesis. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Wang, Z.-r. (2004). Tellinoidea. pp. 277-296, pls 152-161. In: Qi Zhongyan (ed.). Seashells of China. Beijing, China Ocean Press. viii + 418 p., pls 1-193. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 33 proteins)