MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Trimusculus afer (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS taxon details

Trimusculus afer (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

141705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141705)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Trimusculus F. C. Schmidt, 1818

Original name

Patella afra Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Gadinia afra (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Patella afra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Patella afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3715 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trimusculus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141705 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Patella afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3715 [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 Poppe G. & Groh K. (2009) A new species of Trimusculus (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Trimusculidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 2(5): 91-93. [September 2009] [details]

additional source The databases of Conchology, Inc., which contain today (August 1st 2009) 77 documented images of Trimusculidae. [details]