WoRMS name details
Empleconia Dall, 1908
818238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:818238)
unaccepted
Limopsis (Empleconia) Dall, 1908 represented as Limopsis Sasso, 1827
Genus
Limopsis vaginata Dall, 1891 (type by original designation)
- Species Empleconia cumingi (A. Adams, 1863) accepted as Limopsis (Empleconia) cumingi A. Adams, 1863 represented as Limopsis cumingi A. Adams, 1863
- Species Empleconia vaginata (Dall, 1891) accepted as Limopsis (Empleconia) vaginata Dall, 1891 represented as Limopsis vaginata Dall, 1891
marine
Not documented
Taxonomy Huber (2015: 370) wrote "The application of genera [among Limopsidae] is therefore unsubstantiated and premature... for the...
Taxonomy Huber (2015: 370) wrote "The application of genera [among Limopsidae] is therefore unsubstantiated and premature... for the time being the subgeneric a approach is upheld, representing the best solution currently available", and this is followed herein, notwithstanding the contrary view of Janssen (2015) who treated all the currently accepted subgenera as full genera (and was followed in WoRMS at one time). Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012: 208) also concur in that " [Limopsis] has been split into several groups (...) but these characters are mutable and numerous intergrades occur."
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Empleconia Dall, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818238 on 2024-04-20
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basis of record
Janssen, R. (2015). A review of the Oligocene Limopsidae of the North Sea Basin (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Geologica Saxonica.</em> 61 (1): 7-33., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/02_geologica-saxonica61-1_2015_janssen.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Huber (2015: 370) wrote "The application of genera [among Limopsidae] is therefore unsubstantiated and premature... for the time being the subgeneric a approach is upheld, representing the best solution currently available", and this is followed herein, notwithstanding the contrary view of Janssen (2015) who treated all the currently accepted subgenera as full genera (and was followed in WoRMS at one time). Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012: 208) also concur in that " [Limopsis] has been split into several groups (...) but these characters are mutable and numerous intergrades occur." [details]
