Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

Amusium Röding, 1798

AphiaID

205333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205333)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Amusiini Ridewood, 1903

Original name

Amusium Röding, 1798

Direct children (2)

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Species Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 46 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amusium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2021) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205333 on 2026-09-26

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Amusium Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205333 on 2026-09-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-09 13:54:23Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 08:30:55Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-04-14 12:50:11Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2009-04-28 12:25:14Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2013-04-06 20:43:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-26 15:41:02Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-12-20 21:13:27Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 46 [details]

redescription Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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