WoRMS taxon details
Dosinia afra (Gmelin, 1791)
504220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504220)
accepted
Species
Arthemis africana J. E. Gray, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cytherea adansonii R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Dosinia adansonii (R. A. Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dosinia africana (J. E. Gray, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dosinia lupinus afra (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Dosinia polita Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
Venus afra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3295 [details]
page(s): 3295 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Dosinia afra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504220 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Arthemis africana J. E. Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus <i>Cytherea</i>, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. <em>The Analyst.</em> 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Dosinia polita Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Venus afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3295 [details]
original description (of Cytherea adansonii R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen</i>. Cassel, T. Fischer: Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 169, Cytherea pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 920, figs 17.71-17.72 [details]
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Dosinia polita Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Venus afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3295 [details]
original description (of Cytherea adansonii R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen</i>. Cassel, T. Fischer: Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 169, Cytherea pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 920, figs 17.71-17.72 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
