Marine Species Traits - Moerella P. Fischer, 1887

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Moerella P. Fischer, 1887

AphiaID

147020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147020)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by typification of replaced name)

Parent

Moerellinae M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015

Original name

Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887

Synonymised names

Atlantella M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 · unaccepted

Azor J. De C. Sowerby, 1824 · unaccepted

Maera [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of Moera H. Adams &...)

misspelling of Moera H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856

Moerella (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 · unaccepted

Psammotaea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (senior synonym not in current use;...)

senior synonym not in current use; supposed to be a synonym of Gari by most earlier workers, but see Willan, 1993: 60

Psammotoea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling

Sanguinolaria (Psammotoea) Lamarck, 1818 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Tellina (Donacilla) J. E. Gray, 1851 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Donacilla...)

junior homonym of Donacilla Philippi, 1836; Moera H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 is a replacement name

Tellina (Maera) · unaccepted (misspelling)

Tellina (Moera) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Moera...)

Invalid: junior homonym of Moera Huebner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]; Moerella is a replacement name

Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Direct children (48)

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Species Moerella analogica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
Species Moerella bertrandi (Cosel, 1995)
Species Moerella boucheti (Cosel, 1995)
Species Moerella canonica (A. E. Salisbury, 1934)
Species Moerella citrina (Monterosato, 1884)
Species Moerella ciucianensis (Brunetti & Della Bella, 2010) †
Species Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791)
Species Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Moerella etrusca Brunetti & Della Bella, 2023 †
Species Moerella extransversa Brunetti & Della Bella, 2023
Species Moerella guildingii (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella hilaris (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella hispanica Brunetti & Della Bella, 2023 †
Species Moerella huttoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Moerella kengii (Brunetti & Della Bella, 2008) †
Species Moerella kurodai (Makiyama, 1927) †
Species Moerella leloeuffi Cosel & Gofas, 2018
Species Moerella modica (Cosel, 1995)
Species Moerella nanggulanensis (K. Martin, 1915) †
Species Moerella nannodes (K. Martin, 1885) †
Species Moerella nishimurai Kuroda & Habe, 1958
Species Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Moerella quasimacoma Hickman, 2015 †
Species Moerella rubicincta (Tryon, 1869)
Species Moerella securiclata P. A. Maxwell, 1992 †
Species Moerella talahabensis (K. Martin, 1922) †
Species Moerella tulipa (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella vidalensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
Species Moerella virgulata (Hanley, 1845)
Subgenus Moerella (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 accepted as Moerella P. Fischer, 1887
1. Species Moerella (Moerella) tumbezensis Olsson, 1961 accepted as Ameritella tumbezensis (Olsson, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Moerella (Scissula) Dall, 1900 accepted as Scissula Dall, 1900 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Moerella (Scissula) esmeralda Olsson, 1961 accepted as Oudardia varilineata (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1943) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Moerella culter (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Jitlada culter (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella esmeralda Olsson, 1961 accepted as Oudardia varilineata (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1943) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Moerella fragilis Zorina, 1978 accepted as Jitlada fragilis (Zorina, 1978) (original combination)
Species Moerella iridescens (W. H. Benson, 1842) accepted as Iridona iridescens (W. H. Benson, 1842)
Species Moerella jedoensis (Lischke, 1872) accepted as Moerella hilaris (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella jeffreysi (C. W. Johnson, 1932) accepted as Atlantella tulipa (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Moerella tulipa (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Moerella juvenilis (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Jitlada juvenilis (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella lactea (H. Adams, 1871) accepted as Semelangulus adamsi M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 accepted as Jactellina adamsi (M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015)
Species Moerella laperousea Raines & M. Huber, 2012 accepted as Exotica laperousea (Raines & Huber, 2012)
Species Moerella muscatensis P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1997 accepted as Confusella muscatensis (P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1997)
Species Moerella philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Jitlada philippinarum (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)
Species Moerella rutila (Dunker, 1860) accepted as Jitlada culter (Hanley, 1844)
Species Moerella tumbezensis Olsson, 1961 accepted as Ameritella tumbezensis (Olsson, 1961)
Species Moerella petropolitana Stenzel & E. K. Krause, 1957 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 1147 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moerella P. Fischer, 1887. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147020 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-01 09:59:49Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2012-01-08 19:50:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-02-28 21:03:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-06-04 23:00:48Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-08-05 18:53:48Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-01-08 10:43:56Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2014-01-20 21:04:36Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2014-01-21 13:53:59Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2016-01-22 07:35:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-02-07 19:41:47Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2018-07-14 05:03:34Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Tellina (Donacilla) J. E. Gray, 1851) Gray, J. E. (1851). List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 39 [details]

original description (of Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 1147 [details]

original description (of Psammotaea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 516 [details]

original description (of Tellina (Moera) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 396. [details]

original description (of Atlantella M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015) Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
page(s): 608 [details]

basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 310 [details]

additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

status source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012], available online at http://www.zora.uzh.ch/61152/1/12_Zootaxa.pdf
page(s): 76 [details]