WoRMS taxon details

Parvamussium formosum (Melvill, 1907)

391654  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391654)

accepted
Species
Amussium formosum Melvill, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amussium formosum Melvill, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 807, pl. 55, fig. 7. [details]   
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman  
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range 30-600 m (single valves only)  
Depth range 30-600 m (single valves only) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Parvamussium formosum (Melvill, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391654 on 2024-03-28
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2009-04-17 17:37:08Z
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2020-06-21 04:25:05Z
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original description  (of Amussium formosum Melvill, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 807, pl. 55, fig. 7. [details]   

basis of record Dijkstra, H. H. & Janssen, R. (2013). Bathyal and abyssal Pectinoidea from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 142(2): 181-214. [20 December 2013]. [details]   

additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Maestrati, P. (2015). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Cyclochlamydidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 56(3): 585-628., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC183873 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Depth range 30-600 m (single valves only) [details]

Length >10 mm [details]