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Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828

236  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236)

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  1. Genus Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Genus Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
  3. Genus Latona Schumacher, 1817
  4. Genus Tentidonax Iredale, 1930
  5. Genus Grammatodonax Dall, 1900 accepted as Donax (Grammatodonax) Dall, 1900 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  6. Genus Profischeria Dall, 1903 accepted as Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
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Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 409 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236 on 2026-03-01
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. Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236 on 2026-03-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2011-04-03 18:48:53Z
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2018-05-05 20:44:08Z
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2024-10-21 16:08:46Z
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original description Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 409 [details] 

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details] 

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 
 
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