Nemys - Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758

Nemys taxon details

Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

162607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162607)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895

Original name

Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Fasciola trachea Montagu, 1811 accepted as Syngamus (Syngamus) trachea (Montagu, 1811) Chapin, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Nemys (2025). Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=162607 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-04 07:11:08Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2016-03-14 07:05:58Z

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Norenburg, Jon

2020-10-11 02:01:26Z

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Norenburg, Jon

2020-10-11 16:51:14Z

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Norenburg, Jon

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. Journal of Natural History. 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol. 1 [part 2]: 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774]; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): 52 [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fasciola)
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World Database of Nematodes

Nemys taxon details

Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758