MolluscaBase - Cytherea biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1839

WoRMS name details

Cytherea biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1839

AphiaID

714779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714779)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Cytherea biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1839

Environment

marine

Original description

Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 151, pl. 43, fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cytherea biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714779 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-01-06 16:11:04Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-06-17 03:22:56Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 151, pl. 43, fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]