MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Trapezium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

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Trapezium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

AphiaID

138562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138562)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Trapezium perfectum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Trapezium oblongum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Trapezidae E. Lamy, 1920 (1895)

Original name

Trapezium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Synonymised names

Cypricardia Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Libitina Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Trapezium bicarinatum (Schumacher, 1817)
Species Trapezium gilvum (E. von Martens, 1872)
Species Trapezium oblongum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Trapezium (Neotrapezium) Habe, 1951 accepted as Neotrapezium Habe, 1951
Species Trapezium halioticola Dall, 1871 accepted as Milneria minima (Dall, 1871)
Species Trapezium japonicum Pilsbry, 1905 accepted as Neotrapezium liratum (Reeve, 1843)
Species Trapezium liratum (Reeve, 1843) accepted as Neotrapezium liratum (Reeve, 1843)
Species Trapezium nipponicum Yokoyama, 1922 accepted as Neotrapezium liratum (Reeve, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Trapezium obesa (Reeve, 1843) accepted as Glossocardia obesa (Reeve, 1843)
Species Trapezium perfectum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Trapezium oblongum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Trapezium rostrata [sic] accepted as Trapezium bicarinatum (Schumacher, 1817) (synonym; incorrect gender ending)
Species Trapezium rostratum (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Trapezium bicarinatum (Schumacher, 1817)
Species Trapezium sowerbyi (Hidalgo, 1903) accepted as Trapezium gilvum (E. von Martens, 1872)
Species Trapezium sublaevigatum (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Neotrapezium sublaevigatum (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Trapezium ventricosum Yokoyama, 1922 accepted as Neotrapezium liratum (Reeve, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 68-69 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trapezium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138562 on 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-02-05 12:49:10Z

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Gofas, Serge

2013-05-15 15:01:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2022-04-08 17:11:50Z

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Gofas, Serge

2023-12-10 08:08:05Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 68-69 [details]

original description (of Libitina Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 54, 168 [details]

original description (of Cypricardia Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 27 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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subsequent type designation Stewart, R. B. (1930). Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publications. 3: 1-314, pls 1-17., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822011360963&seq=7
page(s): 173 [details]