WoRMS taxon details
Standella J. E. Gray, 1853
206044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206044)
accepted
Genus
Standella fragilis Gray, 1853 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
Electomactra Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted
- Species Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Standella (Eastonia) J. E. Gray, 1853 accepted as Eastonia J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Standella (Eastonia) stimpsoni Dall, 1898 accepted as Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Standella (Merope) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Merope H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Meropesta Iredale, 1929 (original rank)
- Species Standella aequalis W. H. Webster, 1905 accepted as Cyclomactra ovata (J. E. Gray, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Standella annandalei Preston, 1915 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Standella capillacea (Reeve, 1854) sensu Habe, 1964 accepted as Meropesta sinojaponica Q.-Q. Zhuang, 1983
- Species Standella fragilis Gray, 1853 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Standella hubbardi Iredale, 1929 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Standella inflata (F. W. Hutton, 1873) accepted as Cyclomactra ovata (J. E. Gray, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)
- Species Standella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Standella solanderi (J. E. Gray, 1837) accepted as Eastonia solanderi (J. E. Gray, 1837)
- Species Standella stimpsoni Dall, 1898 accepted as Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
Note Gray originally included in Standella two...
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Type species Gray originally included in Standella two nominal species, S. fragilis and S. aegyptiaca [without author/date]. The type species fixation is discussed by Petit [2012, Zootaxa, 3214: 95], who accepted that Dall [1898, Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Philadelphia, 3(4): 886-887] had fixed Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791. However, Huber [2015, Compendium of bivalves 2: 834] argued that Gray's description of Standella fragilis applied to M. pellucida Gmelin, 1791, and not to M. fragilis Gmelin, 1791, and under Art. 70.3 he fixed "Spisula fragilis Gray, 1853 (= Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791) non Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791", as type species of Standella. [details]
Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a senior...
Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a senior objective synonym of Mactrotoma Dall, 1894. The matter is nomenclaturally complex and was contested by Huber (2015). It has yet to be resolved. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Standella J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206044 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Electomactra Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 400, 407 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Electomactra Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 400, 407 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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additional source
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. 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
note: Misapplication [details]
subsequent type designation Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 886 [details]
note: Misapplication [details]
subsequent type designation Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 886 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a senior objective synonym of Mactrotoma Dall, 1894. The matter is nomenclaturally complex and was contested by Huber (2015). It has yet to be resolved. [details]Type species Gray originally included in Standella two nominal species, S. fragilis and S. aegyptiaca [without author/date]. The type species fixation is discussed by Petit [2012, Zootaxa, 3214: 95], who accepted that Dall [1898, Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Philadelphia, 3(4): 886-887] had fixed Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791. However, Huber [2015, Compendium of bivalves 2: 834] argued that Gray's description of Standella fragilis applied to M. pellucida Gmelin, 1791, and not to M. fragilis Gmelin, 1791, and under Art. 70.3 he fixed "Spisula fragilis Gray, 1853 (= Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791) non Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791", as type species of Standella. [details]
