WoRMS taxon details
Paphies elongata (Reeve, 1854)
505808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505808)
accepted
Species
Amesodesma perfuga Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mesodesma angusta Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Mesodesma elongata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Mesodesma nitida Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Paphies (Amesodesma) elongata (Reeve, 1854) · alternative representation
Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854) · unaccepted
marine
(of Mesodesma elongata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Paphies elongata (Reeve, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505808 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amesodesma perfuga Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 402 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma angusta Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma elongata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma nitida Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma angusta Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma elongata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma nitida Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [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) [details]
Other
additional source
Hedley, C. (1917). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 41: 680–719, pls 45-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3350026 [details]
additional source Burn, R. F. (2017). Paphies (Amesodesma): angusta versus elongata and first reviser problems. <em>Malacological Society of Australasia. Victoria Branch Bulletin 287: 5-6.</em> [details]
additional source Burn, R. F. (2017). Paphies (Amesodesma): angusta versus elongata and first reviser problems. <em>Malacological Society of Australasia. Victoria Branch Bulletin 287: 5-6.</em> [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Mesodesma elongata Reeve, 1854)
To Malacopics (Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854) Australia, New South Wales, Swansea, ex coll. F.J.A. ... (from synonym Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854))
To Malacopics (Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854) Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, collected... (from synonym Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854))
To Malacopics (Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854) Australia, New South Wales, Swansea, ex coll. F.J.A. ... (from synonym Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854))
To Malacopics (Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854) Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, collected... (from synonym Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854))