WoRMS taxon details

Donax fossor Say, 1822

420903  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420903)

accepted
Species
Serrula aenea Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 306-307 [details]   
Note "the coasts of New Jersey and Maryland"  
From editor or global species database
Type locality "the coasts of New Jersey and Maryland" [details]
Distribution New York to northeast Florida  
Distribution New York to northeast Florida [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Donax fossor Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420903 on 2024-04-24
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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original description Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 306-307 [details]   

original description  (of Donax inconspicuus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Donax</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (24-25): 305–317, pl. 280–283. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940732
page(s): 315, pl. 282, fig. 117 [details]   

original description  (of Serrula aenea Mörch, 1853) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]   

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1928). <i>Donax fossor</i>, not <i>Donax variabilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519875 [details]   

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1929). Further notes on <i>Donax fossor</i> and <i>Donax variabilis</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(1): 28-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515070 [details]   

additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1932). Miocene pelecypods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 8: 7-164, pls. 1-34., available online at https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/00/04/42/00001/UF00000442.pdf
page(s): 151, pl. 31, figs. 6-7 [details]   

additional source Jacobson, M. K. (1955). Observations on <i>Donax fossor</i> Say at Rockaway Beach, New York. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 68(3): 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516556 [details]   

additional source Chanley, P. (1969). <i>Donax fossor</i>: a summer range extension of <i>Donax variabilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 83(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515265 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution New York to northeast Florida [details]

Type locality "the coasts of New Jersey and Maryland" [details]