WoRMS name details
Felania Récluz, 1851
732320 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:732320)
unaccepted
Diplodonta (Felania) Récluz, 1851 represented as Diplodonta Bronn, 1831
Genus
Venus diaphana Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Diplodonta diaphana (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Mysia (Felania) Récluz, 1851 · unaccepted
- Species Felania dautzenbergi (Thiele, 1931) accepted as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) dautzenbergi Thiele, 1931 represented as Diplodonta dautzenbergi Thiele, 1931
- Species Felania diaphana (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Diplodonta (Felania) diaphana (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Diplodonta diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Felania knudseni (Nicklès, 1955) accepted as Diplodonta (Felania) knudseni Nicklès, 1955 represented as Diplodonta knudseni Nicklès, 1955
- Species Felania rosea Récluz, 1851 accepted as Diplodonta diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Felania subradiata G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Felaniella dolabrata (A. Gould, 1861)
- Species Felania whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Arthritica whitechurchi (W. H. Turton, 1932) (original combination)
- Species Felania minor G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine
feminine
Récluz, C. A. (1851). Note sur cette question: Qu'est-ce que le Félan d'Adanson; est-ce une espèce d'un genre connu, ou le type d'un genre nouveau?. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2: 60-72, pl. 2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854935 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Felania Récluz, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732320 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Récluz, C. A. (1851). Note sur cette question: Qu'est-ce que le Félan d'Adanson; est-ce une espèce d'un genre connu, ou le type d'un genre nouveau?. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2: 60-72, pl. 2., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854935 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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): 801; note: treated as a subgenus of Diplodonta [details]
page(s): 801; note: treated as a subgenus of Diplodonta [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
