RAS taxon details
Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
505963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505963)
accepted
Species
Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 202 [details]
page(s): 202 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505963 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505963 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of ) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 202 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [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]
basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 93, pl. 31 [details]
additional source Vega, R. M.; Mella, M.; Nielsen, S. N.; Pino, M. (2018). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a late Pleistocene incised valley fill: a depositional and paleogeographic model for “Cancagua” deposits in north-western Patagonia, Chile. <em>Andean Geology.</em> 45(2): 161., available online at http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V45n2-3030
page(s): fig. 6G, L; note: Pleistocene fossils [details]
additional source Zelaya, D. G., Güller, M. & Bieler, R. (2024). Doubling the known diversity of a remote island fauna: marine bivalves of the Juan Fernández and Desventuradas oceanic archipelagos (Southeastern Pacific Ocean). <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e17305, pp. 1-112., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/17305
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Cazzaniga N.J. (1994). A concern for grammar: The name of the Magellanic mussel (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>Malacological Review.</em> 27: 110. [details]
page(s): 202 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [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]
basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 93, pl. 31 [details]
additional source Vega, R. M.; Mella, M.; Nielsen, S. N.; Pino, M. (2018). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a late Pleistocene incised valley fill: a depositional and paleogeographic model for “Cancagua” deposits in north-western Patagonia, Chile. <em>Andean Geology.</em> 45(2): 161., available online at http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V45n2-3030
page(s): fig. 6G, L; note: Pleistocene fossils [details]
additional source Zelaya, D. G., Güller, M. & Bieler, R. (2024). Doubling the known diversity of a remote island fauna: marine bivalves of the Juan Fernández and Desventuradas oceanic archipelagos (Southeastern Pacific Ocean). <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e17305, pp. 1-112., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/17305
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Cazzaniga N.J. (1994). A concern for grammar: The name of the Magellanic mussel (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>Malacological Review.</em> 27: 110. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aulacomya atra)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Malacopics (Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) Chile, Los Lagos, Llanquihue, S of Puerto Montt, Calbuco, by fishing, collected 1985-09-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
To Malacopics (Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, Diaz Point, intertidal attached to rocks, collected 1987-00-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aulacomya ater Molina, 1782, shell, left valve, inner view) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aulacomya ater Molina, 1782, shell, left valve, outer view) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aulacomya atra)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Malacopics (Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) Chile, Los Lagos, Llanquihue, S of Puerto Montt, Calbuco, by fishing, collected 1985-09-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
To Malacopics (Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, Diaz Point, intertidal attached to rocks, collected 1987-00-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aulacomya ater Molina, 1782, shell, left valve, inner view) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aulacomya ater Molina, 1782, shell, left valve, outer view) (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782))
 crenata.jpg "To Malacopics (Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) Chile, Los Lagos, Llanquihue, S of Puerto Montt, Calbuco, by fishing, collected 1985-09-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)")
