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Chama magna da Costa, 1778

Chama magna Da Costa, 1778, original figure pl. 17 fig. 4
Chama magna Da Costa, 1778, original figure pl. 17 fig. 4

538699  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:538699)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Chamoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Chamidae (Family)
  12. Chama (Genus)
  13. Chama magna (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 230, pl. 17 fig. 4 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chama magna da Costa, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538699 on 2025-04-04
Date
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 230, pl. 17 fig. 4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

status source Lamy E. 1917-1918. Révision des Mactridae vivants du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie, 63(3): 173-275 [1917]; 63(4): 291-411 [1918], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014565
page(s): 397; note: treated as synonym of Lutraria lutraria [details] 

Other

additional source Lucas M. (1985). On the application of the law of priority to the name of a European species of Lutraria. La Conchiglia. 17 (192-193): 6-8. [details] 

subsequent type designation Moerdijk, P. W. (2024). A lectotype for the stabilization of the name Chama magna da Costa, 1778 (presently Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778); Bivalvia: Mactridae). Basteria. 88(2): 220-224.
note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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Chama magna Da Costa, 1778, original figure pl. 17 fig. 4
Chama magna Da Costa, 1778, original figure pl. 17 fig. 4
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