MolluscaBase - Glycymeris formosa (Reeve, 1843)

WoRMS taxon details

Glycymeris formosa (Reeve, 1843)

AphiaID

225205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225205)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Glycymeris da Costa, 1778

Original name

Pectunculus formosus Reeve, 1843

Synonymised names

Glycymeris formosa tumida (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) · unaccepted

Pectunculus formosus Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted

Pectunculus formosus var. tumida Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Glycymeris formosa tumida (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) accepted as Glycymeris formosa (Reeve, 1843)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pectunculus formosus Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. In: Conchologia Iconica or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2, Feruary 1843; pl. 3-4, March 1843; pl. 5-6, April 1843; pl. 7, June 1843; pl..8, August 1843; pl. 9, December 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119359
page(s): pl. 8, species 48 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris formosa (Reeve, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225205 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:52:06Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2010-08-17 07:11:08Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pectunculus formosus Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. In: Conchologia Iconica or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2, Feruary 1843; pl. 3-4, March 1843; pl. 5-6, April 1843; pl. 7, June 1843; pl..8, August 1843; pl. 9, December 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119359
page(s): pl. 8, species 48 [details]

original description (of Pectunculus formosus var. tumida Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1906). Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 32. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 pp., 5 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31337
page(s): 77 [details]

basis of record 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 IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

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.
page(s): 162-163 [details]

Other

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 IMIS) [details]

additional source Nolf, F.; Swinnen, F. (2013). The endemic West African species of the family Glycymerididae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), with description of two new species. Neptunea. 12 (2): 1-34. [details] Available for editors