African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Diplodonta globosa (Forsskål, 1775)

AfReMaS name details

Diplodonta globosa (Forsskål, 1775)

AphiaID

213502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213502)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Transkeia globosa (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank

Species

Parent

Diplodonta Bronn, 1831

Original name

Venus globosa Forsskål, 1775

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 122 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diplodonta globosa (Forsskål, 1775). 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213502 on 2026-08-30

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 globosa (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213502 on 2026-08-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-05-24 20:07:14Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-21 02:58:27Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-03-31 11:25:58Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2015-06-04 06:27:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-20 20:23:43Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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original description (of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 122 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Aartsen J.J. & Goud J. (2006). The Ungulinidae (Bivalvia, Lucinoidea) of the Red Sea. <i>Basteria</i> 70(1-3): 41-52 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection