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

AfReMaS taxon details

Diplodonta diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

224562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224562)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diplodonta Bronn, 1831

Original name

Venus diaphana Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Diplodonta (Felania) diaphana (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation

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 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224562 on 2026-06-24

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 diaphana (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224562 on 2026-06-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-16 07:50:12Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2006-03-21 07:55:05Z

changed

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2011-10-21 02:58:27Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-06-25 16:52:07Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2019-12-07 13:34:40Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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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]

basis of record Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. <i>Hydrobiologia 258(1-3)</i>: 151-163 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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