MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)

ERMS taxon details

Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)

Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 22.06.2008), actual size 6.2 mm.

AphiaID

140452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140452)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gregariella Monterosato, 1883

Original name

Mytilus petagnae Scacchi, 1832

Synonymised names

Gregariella barbatella (Cantraine, 1835) · unaccepted

Gregariella simplicifilis Barnard, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Modiolus barbatellus Cantraine, 1835 · unaccepted

Modiolus sulcatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted

Mytilus petagnae Scacchi, 1832 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus petagnae Scacchi, 1832) Scacchi, A. (1832). Lettera di Arcangelo Scacchi dottore in medicina su vari testacei napolitani al Signor D. Carlo Tarentino prof. di storia naturale nel R. Liceo di Catanzaro . Napoli, privately printed 6 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35752111
page(s): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140452 on 2026-04-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140452 on 2026-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Gregariella simplicifilis Barnard, 1964) Barnard, K. H. (1964). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca. Part V. Lamellibranchiata. Annals of the South African Museum. 47(3): 361-593., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854756
page(s): 402 [details]

original description (of Modiolus barbatellus Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]

original description (of Modiolus sulcatus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Mytilus petagnae Scacchi, 1832) Scacchi, A. (1832). Lettera di Arcangelo Scacchi dottore in medicina su vari testacei napolitani al Signor D. Carlo Tarentino prof. di storia naturale nel R. Liceo di Catanzaro . Napoli, privately printed 6 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35752111
page(s): 5 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
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additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 190 [details]