MolluscaBase taxon details
Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791)
225375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225375)
accepted
Species
Crassatella (Crassatina) contraria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878 · unaccepted
Crassatella contraria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Crassatella divaricata A. d'Orbigny, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassatella divaricata Chemnitz, 1782 · unaccepted > unavailable name (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from d'Orbigny, 1839
Crassatella undulata Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassatina (Scissulatina) contraria (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation
Venus contraria Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus contraria Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3277 [details]
page(s): 3277 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225375 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Venus contraria Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3277 [details]
original description (of Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878) Marrat, F. P. (1878). List of West African shells (continued). <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(16): 381-382., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252340
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Crassatella divaricata A. d'Orbigny, 1840) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 106 [1840]; note: validating a name by Chemnitz (1782) [details]
original description (of Crassatella (Crassatina) contraria var. coccinea Dautzenberg, 1891) Dautzenberg, P. (1891). Voyage de la goëlette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890: Mollusques Testacés. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 16-65, pl. 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114227
page(s): 58 [details]
original description (of Crassatella undulata Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 6: 117-126; 214-226; 335-345; 407-415; pl. 43-46., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29094080
page(s): 408; note: Refers to Chemnitz vol. 6: 318, pl. 30 figs 317-318 [details]
basis of record Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 376-377 [details]
page(s): 3277 [details]
original description (of Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878) Marrat, F. P. (1878). List of West African shells (continued). <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(16): 381-382., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252340
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Crassatella divaricata A. d'Orbigny, 1840) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 106 [1840]; note: validating a name by Chemnitz (1782) [details]
original description (of Crassatella (Crassatina) contraria var. coccinea Dautzenberg, 1891) Dautzenberg, P. (1891). Voyage de la goëlette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890: Mollusques Testacés. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 16-65, pl. 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114227
page(s): 58 [details]
original description (of Crassatella undulata Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 6: 117-126; 214-226; 335-345; 407-415; pl. 43-46., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29094080
page(s): 408; note: Refers to Chemnitz vol. 6: 318, pl. 30 figs 317-318 [details]
basis of record Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 376-377 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878)
To Malacopics (Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791) Mauritania, off Mauritania, Banc d'Arguin, MAU.063, hard bottom with some muddy sand, van Veen grab, at 20 m depth, collected 13th June 1988, ex col...
To Malacopics (Crassatina contraria (Gmelin,1791) Senegal, Thies, M'bour)
To Malacopics (Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791) Mauritania, off Mauritania, Banc d'Arguin, MAU.063, hard bottom with some muddy sand, van Veen grab, at 20 m depth, collected 13th June 1988, ex col...
To Malacopics (Crassatina contraria (Gmelin,1791) Senegal, Thies, M'bour)
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