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Basterotia angulata (S. V. Wood, 1857)
736227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736227)
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(of Sphenia angulata S. V. Wood, 1857) Wood, S. V. (1848-1882). A monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. 2. Bivalves. London: printed for the Palaeontographical society. Part 1: pp. I-XII, 1-208, pl. 1-21 [1848]. Part 2: 1-150, pl. 1-12 [1851] 151-216, pl. 13-20 [1853] 217-342, pl. 21-31 [1857], (note) 1-2 [1861]. Part 3 (Suppl.): I-XXXI, 1-99, pl. 1-7 [1872], 99-231, pl. 8-11 + addendum [1874]. Part 4 (2 Suppl.): 1-58, pl. 1-6 [1879]. Part 5 (3 Suppl.): 1-24, pl. 1 [1882]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11876
page(s): 289-290; pl. 29 fig. 5a-e; note: name introduced in synonymy of Saxicava? carinata? Brocchi, 1814, made available by usage as a valid name by Monterosato (1874: 255). Not available (nomen nudum) from S. V. Wood (1840), ...
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page(s): 289-290; pl. 29 fig. 5a-e; note: name introduced in synonymy of Saxicava? carinata? Brocchi, 1814, made available by usage as a valid name by Monterosato (1874: 255). Not available (nomen nudum) from S. V. Wood (1840), ...
name introduced in synonymy of Saxicava? carinata? Brocchi, 1814, made available by usage as a valid name by Monterosato (1874: 255). Not available (nomen nudum) from S. V. Wood (1840), and preoccupied by Sphenia angulata Deshayes, 1856.
Nomenclature Oliver (2013) wrote "In the Atlantic the only other species referred to Saxicavella is S. angulata [= S. carinata of...
Nomenclature Oliver (2013) wrote "In the Atlantic the only other species referred to Saxicavella is S. angulata [= S. carinata of authors, not Brocchi 1814] but that species has cardinal teeth (Fig. 5C) and as noted above should be referred to the genus Basterotia.". If this is followed, the Indo-Pacific Basterotia angulata (H. Adams, 1871) becomes a secondary homonym and the earliest potentially valid name seems Basterotia caledonica (P.Fischer, 1886) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Basterotia angulata (S. V. Wood, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736227 on 2025-04-17
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(of Sphenia angulata S. V. Wood, 1857) Wood, S. V. (1848-1882). A monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. 2. Bivalves. London: printed for the Palaeontographical society. Part 1: pp. I-XII, 1-208, pl. 1-21 [1848]. Part 2: 1-150, pl. 1-12 [1851] 151-216, pl. 13-20 [1853] 217-342, pl. 21-31 [1857], (note) 1-2 [1861]. Part 3 (Suppl.): I-XXXI, 1-99, pl. 1-7 [1872], 99-231, pl. 8-11 + addendum [1874]. Part 4 (2 Suppl.): 1-58, pl. 1-6 [1879]. Part 5 (3 Suppl.): 1-24, pl. 1 [1882]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11876
page(s): 289-290; pl. 29 fig. 5a-e; note: name introduced in synonymy of Saxicava? carinata? Brocchi, 1814, made available by usage as a valid name by Monterosato (1874: 255). Not available (nomen nudum) from S. V. Wood (1840), ...
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new combination reference Oliver, P. G. (2013). Description of <i>Atopomya dolobrata</i> gen. et sp. nov.: First record of bacterial symbiosis in the Saxicavellinae (Bivalvia). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 41(3): 359-367. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 289-290; pl. 29 fig. 5a-e; note: name introduced in synonymy of Saxicava? carinata? Brocchi, 1814, made available by usage as a valid name by Monterosato (1874: 255). Not available (nomen nudum) from S. V. Wood (1840), ...
name introduced in synonymy of Saxicava? carinata? Brocchi, 1814, made available by usage as a valid name by Monterosato (1874: 255). Not available (nomen nudum) from S. V. Wood (1840), and preoccupied by Sphenia angulata Deshayes, 1856.
new combination reference Oliver, P. G. (2013). Description of <i>Atopomya dolobrata</i> gen. et sp. nov.: First record of bacterial symbiosis in the Saxicavellinae (Bivalvia). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 41(3): 359-367. [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Oliver (2013) wrote "In the Atlantic the only other species referred to Saxicavella is S. angulata [= S. carinata of authors, not Brocchi 1814] but that species has cardinal teeth (Fig. 5C) and as noted above should be referred to the genus Basterotia.". If this is followed, the Indo-Pacific Basterotia angulata (H. Adams, 1871) becomes a secondary homonym and the earliest potentially valid name seems Basterotia caledonica (P.Fischer, 1886) [details]
