World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846

Deep-Sea name details

Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846

AphiaID

391432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391432)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amusium)

Accepted name

Amusium Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846

Direct children (16)

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Subgenus Amussium (Variamussium) Sacco, 1897 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Amussium (Variamussium) permirum Dautzenberg, 1925 accepted as Parvamussium permirum (Dautzenberg, 1925) (original combination)
Species Amussium caducum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium cancellatum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium cancellatum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium dalli E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium hypomeces Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873) (synonym)
Species Amussium investigatoris E. A. Smith, 1906 accepted as Propeamussium investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1906) (superseded combination)
Species Amussium jeffreysii E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873) accepted as Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Amussium meridionale E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885) (superseded combination)
Species Amussium obliquum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium obliquum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium propinquum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium propinquum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium squamigerum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Amussium sublucidum Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Parvamussium propinquum (E. A. Smith, 1885) (synonym)
Species Amussium texturatum Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 accepted as Parvamussium texturatum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Amussium watsoni E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 46 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391432 on 2026-01-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391432 on 2026-01-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-15 13:59:38Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

2011-10-01 08:49:20Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-03-06 19:59:51Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-26 15:41:02Z

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Gofas, Serge

2018-05-26 05:44:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-12-06 08:50:30Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 46 [details]

basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 191 [details]

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