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Pandora inaequivalvis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pandora inaequivalvis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m), actual size C, SEM view of a juvenile specimen, same locality (scale 100 µm); D: prodissoconch of the same specimen, actual size 3.2 mm.

AphiaID

140674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140674)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pandora Bruguière, 1797

Original name

Solen inaequivalvis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Pandora rostrata Lamarck, 1818 sensu R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > misapplication

Solen inaequivalvis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Variety Pandora inaequivalvis var. obtusa Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Pandora pinna (Montagu, 1803)
Variety Pandora inaequivalvis var. sicula E. Lamy, 1934 accepted as Pandora sicula E. Lamy, 1934
Variety Pandora inaequivalvis var. tenuis Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Pandora albida (Röding, 1798)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Solen inaequivalvis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pandora inaequivalvis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140674 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description (of Solen inaequivalvis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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