Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Megerlina davidsoni (Vélain, 1877)

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RAS taxon details

Megerlina davidsoni (Vélain, 1877)

AphiaID

235724 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235724)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Megerlina Deslongchamps, 1884

Original name

Kraussina davidsoni Vélain, 1877

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Vélain C. (1877). Observations générales sur la faune des deux iles [Saint-Paul et Amsterdam] suivies d´une description des mollusques. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 6: 1-144, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45594054 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Megerlina davidsoni (Vélain, 1877). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235724 on 2025-09-11

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Megerlina davidsoni (Vélain, 1877). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235724 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-02-09 08:11:10Z

created

db_admin

2023-04-29 21:14:56Z

checked

Verhoeff, Tristan

2023-08-02 22:50:16Z

changed

Verhoeff, Tristan

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Sources (5)

original description (of ) Vélain C. (1877). Observations générales sur la faune des deux iles [Saint-Paul et Amsterdam] suivies d´une description des mollusques. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 6: 1-144, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45594054 [details]

basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. [details]

additional source Zezina, O. N. (2010). Check-list of holocene brachiopods annotated with geographical ranges of species. Paleontological Journal. 44(9): 1176-1199., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030110090030 [details]

additional source Thomson, J. A. (1927). Brachiopod morphology and genera (recent and Tertiary). New Zealand Board of Science and Art, Manual. 7:338 p., 103 ﬁg., 2 pl.
note: Thomson (1927) lists species under genus Megerlina (pp. 224-226). [details]

additional source Cooper, G. A. (1981). Brachiopoda from the Southern Indian Ocean (Recent). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. (43): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.43.1 [details]