African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843)

AfReMaS taxon details

Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843)

AphiaID

225447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225447)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sinupharus Cosel, 1993

Original name

Solen africanus Chenu, 1843

Synonymised names

Cultellus tenuis (Gray, 1834) · unaccepted (non Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Paris. Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): Solen pl. 2 fig. 8,8a [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843). 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=225447 on 2025-10-20

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225447 on 2025-10-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 07:58:54Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2009-09-05 11:22:23Z

changed

von Cosel, Rudo

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original description (of ) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Paris. Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): Solen pl. 2 fig. 8,8a [details]

basis of record 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]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 734-735 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Malacopics (Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843) Iran, Hormozg?n, Bandar Abbas, collected 1960-11-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843) Iran, Hormozg?n, Bandar Abbas, collected 1960-11-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)

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