WoRMS taxon details
Basterotia arcula Melvill, 1898
505289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505289)
accepted
Species
Basterotia spaldingi (Jousseaume, 1925) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eucharis spaldingi Jousseaume, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 16. [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 16. [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Basterotia arcula Melvill, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505289 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 16. [details]
original description (of Eucharis spaldingi Jousseaume, 1925) Lamy, E. (1925). Note sur le genre <i>Basterotia</i> Mayer, 1859 (Mollusques lamellibranches). <em>Comptes-Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes.</em> 1925: 503-508., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/services/ajax/pagination/page/SINGLE/ark:/12148/bpt6k54263828/f496.image
page(s): 507-508 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Basterotia caledonica var. djiboutiensis H. Fischer, 1901) Fischer, H. (1901). Liste des coquilles recueillies par M. de Gennes à Djibouti et Ali-Sabieh, avec description de plusieurs formes nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 49: 96-130, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860257
page(s): 129-130 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 16. [details]
original description (of Eucharis spaldingi Jousseaume, 1925) Lamy, E. (1925). Note sur le genre <i>Basterotia</i> Mayer, 1859 (Mollusques lamellibranches). <em>Comptes-Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes.</em> 1925: 503-508., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/services/ajax/pagination/page/SINGLE/ark:/12148/bpt6k54263828/f496.image
page(s): 507-508 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Basterotia caledonica var. djiboutiensis H. Fischer, 1901) Fischer, H. (1901). Liste des coquilles recueillies par M. de Gennes à Djibouti et Ali-Sabieh, avec description de plusieurs formes nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 49: 96-130, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860257
page(s): 129-130 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-32646) (from synonym Basterotia caledonica var. djiboutiensis H. Fischer, 1901)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
