WoRMS taxon details
Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)
572192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572192)
accepted
Species
Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 179. [details]
page(s): 179. [details]
Type locality contained in Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572192 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 179. [details]
page(s): 179. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, fig. row 2, column 2. [details]
page(s): 169, fig. row 2, column 2. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tëmkin, I.; Glaubrecht, M.; Köhler, F. (2009). Wilhelm Dunker, his collection, and pteriid systematics. <em>Malacologia.</em> 51(1): 39-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63538559
page(s): 68. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 161 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 204 [details]
[request]additional source Tëmkin, I.; Glaubrecht, M.; Köhler, F. (2009). Wilhelm Dunker, his collection, and pteriid systematics. <em>Malacologia.</em> 51(1): 39-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63538559
page(s): 68. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 161 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 204 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849) ZMB 112.866, geounit Java [details]
Syntype (of Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849) ZMB MOLL Syntype ZMB 112.866, geounit Java [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | twisted wing-oyster | [details] |
| German | Gedrehte Flügelmuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | コウライウグイス | [details] |
