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Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828

236  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Donacidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Genus Egerella Stoliczka, 1870 †
  3. Genus Galatea Bruguière, 1797
  4. Genus Hecuba Schumacher, 1817
  5. Genus Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
  6. Genus Latona Schumacher, 1817
  7. Genus Tentidonax Iredale, 1930
  8. Genus Amphichaena R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Donax (Amphichaena) R. A. Philippi, 1847 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  9. Genus Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Genus Chion Scopoli, 1777 accepted as Donax (Chion) Scopoli, 1777 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  11. Genus Cuneus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Donax (Cuneus) da Costa, 1778 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (original rank)
  12. Genus Deltachion Iredale, 1930 accepted as Donax (Deltachion) Iredale, 1930 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Genus Egeria de Roissy, 1805 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 (unnecessary replacement name for Galatea Bruguière, 1797)
  14. Genus Egeria I. Lea, 1833 † accepted as Egerella Stoliczka, 1870 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Egeria de Roissy, 1805; Egerella is a replacement name)
  15. Genus Fischeria Bernardi, 1860 accepted as Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817 (junior homonym of Fischeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Profischeria Dall, 1903 is a replacement name)
  16. Genus Galateia Brito Capello, 1878 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 (error for Galatea Bruguière, 1797)
  17. Genus Galathea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 (unjustified emmendation for Galatea Bruguière, 1797)
  18. Genus Grammatodonax Dall, 1900 accepted as Donax (Grammatodonax) Dall, 1900 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  19. Genus Potamophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1822 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 (unnecessary replacement name)
  20. Genus Profischeria Dall, 1903 accepted as Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
  21. Genus Serrula Mörch, 1853 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 409 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236 on 2025-07-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2011-04-03 18:48:53Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-05-05 20:44:08Z
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Gofas, Serge
2024-10-21 16:08:46Z
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Schneider, Simon

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original description Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 409 [details] 

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 
 
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