African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Striarca afra (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS name details

Striarca afra (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

225174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225174)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Arcopsis afra (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Striarca Conrad, 1862

Original name

Arca afra Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Arca afra Gmelin, 1791) 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. Striarca 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225174 on 2026-06-16

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. Striarca afra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225174 on 2026-06-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:55:05Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2011-12-16 01:53:09Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2015-05-29 06:22:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-24 18:10:26Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Arca afra Gmelin, 1791) 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 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality