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Murcia (Chamelaea) Mörch, 1853

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 16.2 mm.

AphiaID

1590180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1590180)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank (incorrect subsequent spelling of Chameleaa, and unaccepted rank)

Accepted Name

Chamelea Mörch, 1853

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Murcia Römer, 1857 accepted as Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Chamelea Mörch, 1853

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Species Murcia (Chamelaea) scansilis Römer, 1860 accepted as Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Chamelea Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murcia (Chamelaea) Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1590180 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-06-19 20:38:20Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2024-02-23 08:55:58Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chamelea Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 23 [details]

basis of record Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. Malakozoologische Blätter. 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 161 [details]

From editor or global species database

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 16.2 mm.

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