Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789)

HKRMS taxon details

Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789)

AphiaID

605728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605728)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fulvia J. E. Gray, 1853

Original name

Cardium apertum Bruguière, 1789

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 226 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789). 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.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605728 on 2026-03-02

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. Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605728 on 2026-03-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-07-14 19:34:51Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2014-06-05 07:29:59Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of ) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 226 [details]

taxonomy source Vidal, J. (1994). A review of the genus Fulvia Gray, 1853. (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Apex. 9(4): 93-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42257749 [details]

context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2006). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis of Epibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 334-341; note: lectotype figured (pl. 135 figs 1A-H) [details]