MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aceras africana Locard, 1897

Deep-Sea name details

Aceras africana Locard, 1897

AphiaID

747513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747513)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Cylichnium africanum (Locard, 1897)

Rank

Species

Parent

Aceras Locard, 1886 accepted as Akera O. F. Müller, 1776

Original name

Aceras africana Locard, 1897

Environment

marine

Original description

Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 62-63; pl. 2 fig. 15-19 [details]

Type data

Note off NW Africa, bathyal

From editor or global species database

Type locality off NW Africa, bathyal [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aceras africana Locard, 1897. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747513 on 2025-05-31

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aceras africana Locard, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747513 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-30 12:11:24Z

created

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 62-63; pl. 2 fig. 15-19 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]

From editor or global species database

Authority ex P. Fischer ms. [details]

Type locality off NW Africa, bathyal [details]

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