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Acmaea saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758)
216267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216267)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Acmaea saccharina perplexa Pilsbry, 1891 accepted as Scutellastra chapmani (Tenison Woods, 1876) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella saccharina 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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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(of Patella saccharina 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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 781 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schepman, M. M. (1908). The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa with an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh. <em>Siboga-Expeditie.</em> 49a: 1-107, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34314807
page(s): 96 [details]
additional source Taylor, G. W. (1892). Note on <i>Acmaea saccharina</i> (Linne). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(8): 89-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42789041 [details]
source of synonymy Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 781 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schepman, M. M. (1908). The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa with an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh. <em>Siboga-Expeditie.</em> 49a: 1-107, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34314807
page(s): 96 [details]
additional source Taylor, G. W. (1892). Note on <i>Acmaea saccharina</i> (Linne). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(8): 89-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42789041 [details]
source of synonymy Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
synonymy 'Acmaea' teated as subgenus of Patelloida by Richmond, 1997 <282>. [details]
