IRMNG - Meropesta Iredale, 1929

IRMNG taxon details

Meropesta Iredale, 1929

IRMNG_ID

1017695 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1017695)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mactridae Lamarck, 1809

Synonymised names

Merope H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Merope...)

invalid: junior homonym of Merope Newman, 1838

Direct children (5)

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Species Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854)
Species Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Meropesta pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Meropesta sinojaponica Zhuang, 1983
Species Meropesta meridiana Iredale, 1929 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Mem. Queensland Mus., 9
page(s): 268 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Meropesta Iredale, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1017695 on 2024-10-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)
Links (4)

original description Mem. Queensland Mus., 9
page(s): 268 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CAAB [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Merope H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams H. & Adams A. (1854-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization, Volume 2. London: van Voorst. 661 pp. [1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858).]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1809628
page(s): 382 [details]

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To WoRMS (from synonym Merope H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856)