African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Diplodonta (Felania) diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS name details

Diplodonta (Felania) diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

1055863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1055863)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Diplodonta diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Diplodonta (Felania) Récluz, 1851 represented as Diplodonta Bronn, 1831

Original name

Venus diaphana Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Felania diaphana (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diplodonta (Felania) diaphana (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055863 on 2026-08-17

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Diplodonta (Felania) diaphana (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055863 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-01-23 22:23:46Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-10-15 04:20:05Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)
Links (1)

original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 828-829 [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Felania diaphana (Gmelin, 1791))