MolluscaBase - Gregariella opifex (Say, 1825)

MolluscaBase name details

Gregariella opifex (Say, 1825)

AphiaID

539827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:539827)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Modiola opifex Say, 1825

Rank

Species

Parent

Gregariella Monterosato, 1883

Original name

Modiola opifex Say, 1825

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Modiola opifex Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). On a new species of Modiola. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 368-370, pl. 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655486
note: BHL copy lacks the plates [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gregariella opifex (Say, 1825). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=539827 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2012-07-14 19:34:51Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-01-24 09:27:31Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

Licensing

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

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Modiola opifex Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). On a new species of Modiola. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 368-370, pl. 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655486
note: BHL copy lacks the plates [details]

basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 200 [details]

source of synonymy Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality