RAS taxon details
Thracia meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1885
197467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197467)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 68-69, pl. 6, figs 4-4b. [details]
page(s): 68-69, pl. 6, figs 4-4b. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thracia meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1885. 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=197467 on 2026-09-11
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Thracia meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1885. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197467 on 2026-09-11
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Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 68-69, pl. 6, figs 4-4b. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (2002). Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of <i>Thracia reinga</i> Crozier, 1966 and <i>Scintillona benthicola</i> Dell, 1956 to <i>Tellimya</i> Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 22 (3): 221-288., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MR02011.pdf
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Sartori, A. F. & Domaneschi, O. 2005. The Functional Morphology of the Antarctic Bivalve Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885 (Anomalodesmata: Thraciidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 71: 199-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyi028 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1 [details]
page(s): 68-69, pl. 6, figs 4-4b. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (2002). Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of <i>Thracia reinga</i> Crozier, 1966 and <i>Scintillona benthicola</i> Dell, 1956 to <i>Tellimya</i> Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 22 (3): 221-288., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MR02011.pdf
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Sartori, A. F. & Domaneschi, O. 2005. The Functional Morphology of the Antarctic Bivalve Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885 (Anomalodesmata: Thraciidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 71: 199-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyi028 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thracia meridionalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885, shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885, shell, left valve, outer view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thracia meridionalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885, shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885, shell, left valve, outer view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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