Flag for Taxon: Lamellaria australis
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thomaseverest | Lamellaria australis |
Synonym on MolluscaBase |
Feb. 4, 2023 22:22:01 +0000 | thomaseverest |
Swap done |
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Found the article link, having a look through it now. Wish I knew about this, I would have collected a whole bunch of them for them to describe!
This is where they got their specimens etc. from. Unless I missed something, they did not actually get a specimen of Lamellaria australis / Djiboutia australis. So how could they have completed a molecular analysis of it? Seems amiss to me.
Only one species mentioned from the southern Tasmania (not L. australis). Yeah to be honest I am not sure why Molluscabase changed it. Am I missing something?
They don't mention it for this species in particular, but I'd guess they didn't get successful sequencing. They do state:
Although our molecular dataset lacks specimens from the type locality of D. verrucosa, we confidently identify this clade by its peculiar rachidian tooth and show that its range extends at least from Madagascar to New Caledonia. Two additional species, Lamellaria australis Basedow, 1905 and Marsenia sibogae Bergh, 1908, are allocated to Djiboutia based on the same diagnostic character.
Similar notes in genus remarks.
Right ok, I mean morphology only still would be reasonable. These things I try to go with the flow
OK I'll go ahead with the swap then.
I agree with the swap. Thanks Thomas
MB has this in Djiboutia. AFD has it in Lamellaria.
https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1390939
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lamellaria_australis
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