MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Rangia Desmoulins, 1832

WoRMS taxon details

Rangia Desmoulins, 1832

AphiaID

156990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156990)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832 accepted as Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809

Synonymised names

Gnathodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)

Rangia (Rangia) Desmoulins, 1832 · alternative representation

Rangia (Rangianella) Conrad, 1868 · alternative representation

Rangianella Conrad, 1868 · unaccepted

Direct children (4)

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Species Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Species Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1839)
Species Rangia mendica (A. Gould, 1851)
Species Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832 accepted as Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rangia Desmoulins, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156990 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 11:54:45Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2012-03-23 23:27:01Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-14 17:26:04Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Gnathodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673 [details]

Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

additional source Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044700 [details]

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