WoRMS name details
Arenicola clavata Ranzani, 1817
336355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336355)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ranzani, Camillo. (1817). Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Arenicola di Lamarck. <em>Opuscoli scientifici, Bologna.</em> 1: 110-112, plate 4., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=w8M-AAAAYAAJ
note: As Arenicola clavatus [details]
note: As Arenicola clavatus [details]
Type locality contained in Italian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Mediterranean Sea, Italy
type locality contained in Italian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Italy [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicola clavata Ranzani, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336355 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Ranzani, Camillo. (1817). Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Arenicola di Lamarck. <em>Opuscoli scientifici, Bologna.</em> 1: 110-112, plate 4., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=w8M-AAAAYAAJ
note: As Arenicola clavatus [details]
note: As Arenicola clavatus [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ashworth, James Hartley 1912. Catalogue of the Chaetopoda in the British Museum. A. Polychaeta: Part 1. Arenicolidae. 1-175. British Museum of Natural History. London. [details]
Other
additional source
Ranzani, Camillo 1817. Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung Arenicola, von dem Prof. der N.G. zu Bologna. Isis oder Encyclopädische Zeitung, 1: 1449-1452.
note: Repeated description, copied and translated from the Ranzani original in the Italian journal Opuscoli scientifici [details]
note: Repeated description, copied and translated from the Ranzani original in the Italian journal Opuscoli scientifici [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Ranzani used the spelling 'clavatus', although his name always seems to be reported as 'clavata'. Arenicola strictly is masculine, although usage has been to treat it as feminine. [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Italy [details]
