MolluscaBase - Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843

WoRMS name details

Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843

AphiaID

467863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467863)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

Delphinula Lamarck, 1804 accepted as Angaria Röding, 1798

Original name

Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843

Environment

marine

Original description

Reeve, L. A. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Delphinula, a genus of pectinibranchiate mollusks (family Turbinacea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (1842): 102-104 [January 1843]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679864
page(s): 102 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mindanao

type locality contained in Mindanao [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467863 on 2025-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-04-19 08:08:16Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2016-04-24 05:10:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

Nomenclature

original description Reeve, L. A. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Delphinula, a genus of pectinibranchiate mollusks (family Turbinacea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (1842): 102-104 [January 1843]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679864
page(s): 102 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Dekker H. (2020). An overview of the living species of Angaria (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea, Angariidae), with description of two new species. Vita Malacologica. 19: 30-66.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality