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WoRMS name details

Tellina candidata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894

AphiaID

572525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572525)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Macoma retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867) accepted as Macomopsis moluccensis (E. von Martens, 1865)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Tellina (Macoma) candidata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Tellina (Macoma) candidata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862
page(s): p. 375-376. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tellina candidata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572525 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-20 07:45:46Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-04-03 16:51:53Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2022-10-18 23:23:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-02-26 18:47:38Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tellina (Macoma) candidata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862
page(s): p. 375-376. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711.
page(s): 705 [details] Available for editors

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