WoRMS name details
Terebratalia frontalis (Middendorff, 1849)
869334 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:869334)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Magasella aleutica Dall, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terebratula frontalis Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189 [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2026). World Brachiopoda Database. Terebratalia frontalis (Middendorff, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869334 on 2026-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terebratula frontalis Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189 [details]
new combination reference Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Dall (1920, p. 343) moves the species to genus Terebratalia. [details]
new combination reference Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Dall (1920, p. 343) moves the species to genus Terebratalia. [details]
Other
additional source
Dall, W.H. (1877). Report on the Brachiopoda of Alaska and the adjacent shores of Northwest America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 29: 155-170. [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
