MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828

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Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828

AphiaID

236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814

Original name

Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828

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Genus Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Galatea Bruguière, 1797
Genus Hecuba Schumacher, 1817
Genus Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
Genus Latona Schumacher, 1817
Genus Amphichaena R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Donax (Amphichaena) R. A. Philippi, 1847 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Genus Capsella Gray, 1851 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Cuneus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Donax (Cuneus) da Costa, 1778 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (original rank)
Genus Deltachion Iredale, 1930 accepted as Donax (Deltachion) Iredale, 1930 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Fischeria Bernardi, 1860 accepted as Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817 (junior homonym of Fischeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Profischeria Dall, 1903 is a replacement name)
Genus Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 (unnecessary replacement name)
Genus Profischeria Dall, 1903 accepted as Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
Genus Serrula Mörch, 1853 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 409 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2011-04-03 18:48:53Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-05-05 20:44:08Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-10-21 16:08:46Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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original description Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 409 [details]

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	zaagjes	[details]
English	wedge shellswedge clamsdonax clams	[details]
German	StumpfmuschelnSägezähnchenDreiecksmuschelnDreieckmuschel	[details]
Japanese	フジノハナガイ科	[details]

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