Name: "Ampullaria digitata" Couch 1963

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.gi.ta.ta. L. fem. adj. digitata, having toes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15349; CGMCC 4.2097; DSM 43149; JCM 3060; NRRL B-3345; VKM Ac-649

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16S rRNA gene: AB048213 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Couch JN. Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1963; 79:53-70.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Actinoplanes digitatus corrig. (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinoplanes digitatus corrig. (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinoplanes digitatis (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Ampullariella digitata (Couch 1963) Couch 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".

Parent taxon: "Ampullaria" Couch 1963

Assigned by: Couch JN. Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1963; 79:53-70.

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Record number: 3971