MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Dyscolia wyvillei (Davidson, 1878)

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Dyscolia wyvillei (Davidson, 1878)

AphiaID

235509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235509)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dyscolia Fischer & Oehlert, 1890

Original name

Terebratulina wyvillei Davidson, 1878

Synonymised names

Terebratulina wyvillei Davidson, 1878 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Subspecies Dyscolia wyvillei plicata Zezina, 1994
Subspecies Dyscolia wyvillei johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1894) accepted as Dyscolia johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1894)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Terebratulina wyvillei Davidson, 1878) Davidson, T. (1878). Extract from a report to Professor Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientiﬁc Staff, on the Brachiopoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger. Royal Society of London, Proceedings. 27(188):428–439., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1878.0074
note: Species described on pp. 436-7. [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Terebratulina wyvillei Davidson, 1878)...

Holotype (of Terebratulina wyvillei Davidson, 1878) BMNH PI ZB 1356, geounit Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

, Type locality contained in Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Dyscolia wyvillei (Davidson, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235509 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

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Nomenclature

original description (of Terebratulina wyvillei Davidson, 1878) Davidson, T. (1878). Extract from a report to Professor Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientiﬁc Staff, on the Brachiopoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger. Royal Society of London, Proceedings. 27(188):428–439., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1878.0074
note: Species described on pp. 436-7. [details]

basis of record Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]

new combination reference Fischer, P. & Œhlert, D.-P. (1891). Brachiopodes. In: Expéditions scientifiques du « Travailleur » et du « Talisman » pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman, 1880-1883, Masson, Paris 2 : 1-140.
note: Moves species to the genus Dyscolia. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Cooper, G. A. (1977). Brachiopods from the Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Studies in Tropical Oceanography Miami 14. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. University of Miami Press. 212 p., 6 ﬁg., 35 pl.
note: Describes specimens from Caribbean and discusses the type specimen. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source d'Hondt, J.-L. (1976). Sur quelques Brachiopodes actuels (Océan Atlantique, Mediterranée, Kerguelen). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (series 3, no. 350) Zoologie. 243: 1–13, 4 fig. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. [details]