WoRMS taxon details
Atrina squamifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
216653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216653)
accepted
Species
Atrina (Australopinna) squamifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) · alternative representation
Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted
Pinna afra G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted
Pinna capensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Pinna kraussii Hanley, 1858 · unaccepted
Pinna rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pinna segmenta W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Pinna squamifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted
Pinna whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine
(of Pinna squamifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Atrina squamifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216653 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 183, pl. 40, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Pinna afra G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Pinna capensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Pinna kraussii Hanley, 1858) Hanley, S. C. T. (1858). Decsription of new pinnae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1858: 225-229; 254-255.
page(s): 226 [details]
original description (of Pinna rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 218, pl. 56, sp. 1513. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Pinna segmenta W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 217, pl. 56, sp. 1510. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pinna squamifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Pinna whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 218, pl. 56, sp. 1512. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
page(s): 183, pl. 40, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Pinna afra G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Pinna capensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Pinna kraussii Hanley, 1858) Hanley, S. C. T. (1858). Decsription of new pinnae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1858: 225-229; 254-255.
page(s): 226 [details]
original description (of Pinna rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 218, pl. 56, sp. 1513. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pinna segmenta W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 217, pl. 56, sp. 1510. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pinna squamifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Pinna whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 218, pl. 56, sp. 1512. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 167. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 312 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 167. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 312 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | horse mussel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pinna rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pinna whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Atrina squamifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna, Knysn...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atrina alfredensis Holotype USNM 227815) (from synonym Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pinna rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pinna whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Atrina squamifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna, Knysn...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Atrina alfredensis Holotype USNM 227815) (from synonym Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
