WoRMS taxon details
Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)
879933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879933)
accepted
Species
Diplodonta almo Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted
Diplodonta neptuni W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Gastrana suarezensis Bertin, 1878 · unaccepted
Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Macoma neptuni W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Macoma patula W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Macoma rousi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) · unaccepted
Tellina (Macoma) rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · alternative representation (basionym)
Tellina litoralis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tellina rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted
marine
(of Tellina litoralis 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): 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
Type locality contained in South African Coast
type locality contained in South African Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879933 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gastrana suarezensis Bertin, 1878) Bertin V. (1878). Révision des tellinidés du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> ser. 2, 1: 201-361, pls 8, 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36858019
page(s): 359 [details]
original description (of Tellina litoralis 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): 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Diplodonta almo 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): 195, pl. 47, fig. 1; pl. 54, fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Diplodonta neptuni 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): 235, pl. 62. sp. 1646. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Macoma neptuni 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): 249, pl. 67, sp. 1759. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Macoma patula 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): 249, pl. 67, sp. 1761. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tellina (Macoma) rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 57, pl. 3, fig. 70. [details]
basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
page(s): 359 [details]
original description (of Tellina litoralis 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): 4, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Diplodonta almo 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): 195, pl. 47, fig. 1; pl. 54, fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Diplodonta neptuni 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): 235, pl. 62. sp. 1646. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Macoma neptuni 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): 249, pl. 67, sp. 1759. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Macoma patula 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): 249, pl. 67, sp. 1761. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tellina (Macoma) rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 57, pl. 3, fig. 70. [details]
basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. (2012). Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 53(2): 503–525.
page(s): 523. [details]
page(s): 523. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | littoral tellin [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Diplodonta almo Bartsch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salmacoma litoralis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Tellina litoralis Krauss, 1848)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, low tid...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Diplodonta almo Bartsch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salmacoma litoralis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Tellina litoralis Krauss, 1848)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, low tid...
