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Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842

AphiaID

492692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492692)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mya anatina Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Myinae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842

Synonymised names

Distugonia Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Tugonia Récluz, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym and homonym of Tugonia...)

synonym and homonym of Tugonia Gray, 1842, both based on Adanson's "Le Tugon"

Tugonia (Distugonia) Iredale, 1936 · alternative representation

Tugonia (Tugonia) J. E. Gray, 1842 · alternative representation

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Species Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Tugonia decurtata (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Tugonia huanghaiensis F.-S. Xu, 1987
Species Tugonia inopinata (Iredale, 1936)
Species Tugonia nobilis Reeve, 1863
Species Tugonia adenensis Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Tugonia nobilis Reeve, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Tugonia compressa Reeve, 1863 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Tugonia divaricata Reeve, 1863 accepted as Tugonella divaricata (Reeve, 1863) (original combination)
Species Tugonia guineensis Reeve, 1863 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Tugonia semisulcata Reeve, 1863 accepted as Tugonia nobilis Reeve, 1863 (synonym)
Species Tugonia sinensis F.-S. Xu, 1987 accepted as Cryptomya sinensis (F.-S. Xu, 1987) (superseded combination)
Species Tugonia siphonata Reeve, 1863 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
Subgenus Tugonia (Distugonia) Iredale, 1936 represented as Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842
1. Species Tugonia (Distugonia) decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) represented as Tugonia decurtata (A. Adams, 1851)
Subgenus Tugonia (Tugonia) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842
1. Species Tugonia (Tugonia) huanghaiensis F.-S. Xu, 1987 represented as Tugonia huanghaiensis F.-S. Xu, 1987

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 78, 91 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492692 on 2025-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-02 10:05:06Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-09-22 15:54:40Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-02-10 12:13:14Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2024-02-16 19:21:43Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 78, 91 [details]

original description (of Distugonia Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 283 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Tugonia Récluz, 1846) Récluz, C. A. (1846). Description d'un nouveau genre de coquilles bivalves nommé Tugonia. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 9: 168-177., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362577 [details]