African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Arca afra Gmelin, 1791

AphiaID

215242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215242)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Arcopsis afra (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Arca Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Arca afra Gmelin, 1791

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Variety Arca afra var. erythraea Issel, 1869 accepted as Striarca erythraea (Issel, 1869)

Environment

marine

Original description

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): 3308 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Arca afra 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) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215242 on 2026-01-18

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. Arca afra Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215242 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-08 16:06:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-08-02 17:06:59Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-07-04 10:16:52Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2010-11-19 08:29:14Z

checked

Huber, Markus

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original description 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): 3308 [details]

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source 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]

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