African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1833

AphiaID

137616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137616)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850

Parent

Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850

Original name

Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1833

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Species Acmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
Species Acmaea saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Patelloida saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acmaea virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Eschscholtz F. (1833). Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 beobachtet von Friedr. Eschscholtz. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26485912
page(s): 5: 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1833. 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=137616 on 2026-01-19

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. Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1833. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137616 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-04-13 21:27:48Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-03 15:39:41Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2011-07-28 18:30:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-28 07:47:58Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2025-04-25 07:58:00Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Eschscholtz F. (1833). Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 beobachtet von Friedr. Eschscholtz. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26485912
page(s): 5: 16 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Korobkov I.A. (1955). Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie. [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat. 795 pp.
page(s): 91 [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Acmaea mitra

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