WoRMS taxon details
Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909)
1346729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1346729)
accepted
Species
Fischeria approximans Preston, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Fischeria messageri Preston, 1909 · unaccepted (original combination)
Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 · unaccepted (original combination)
Profischeria congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) · unaccepted
brackish
(of Fischeria messageri Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 186, pl. 7, fig. 17. [details]
page(s): 186, pl. 7, fig. 17. [details]
Type locality contained in Senegal
type locality contained in Senegal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1346729 on 2025-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975 [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Fischeria approximans Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 186, pl. 7, fig. 18. [details]
original description (of Fischeria messageri Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 186, pl. 7, fig. 17. [details]
basis of record Daget J. (1998). <i>Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains</i>. 329 pp. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. , available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-12/010016420.pdf
page(s): 232 [details]
[request]original description (of Fischeria approximans Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 186, pl. 7, fig. 18. [details]
original description (of Fischeria messageri Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 186, pl. 7, fig. 17. [details]
basis of record Daget J. (1998). <i>Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains</i>. 329 pp. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. , available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-12/010016420.pdf
page(s): 232 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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)
page(s): supplementary material [details]
page(s): supplementary material [details]
Identification resource
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): 670-671 [details]
page(s): 670-671 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (from synonym Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Iphigenia congo. Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53: 373-374, text fig. 83 - catalog no. 133884) (from synonym Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Iphigenia congo. Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53: 373-374, text fig. 83 - catalog no. 133884) (from synonym Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
