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Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786
138091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138091)
accepted
Genus
Hippochaeta Philippi, 1844 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Isognoma [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (Isognoma is an alternative...)
Isognoma is an alternative original spelling for Isognomon
Isognomon (Anisoperna) Iredale, 1939 · alternative representation
Isognomon (Hippochaeta) Philippi, 1844 † · alternative representation
Isognomon (Isognomon) [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation
Isognomon (Melina) Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted
Isognomon (Parviperna) Iredale, 1939 · alternative representation
Isogonum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Malleoperna Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melina Philipsson, 1788 · unaccepted (synonym)
Parviperna Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted
Pedalion Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Perna Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pernaria Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sutura Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Isognomon albisoror (Iredale, 1939)
- Species Isognomon australicus (Reeve, 1858)
- Species Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Species Isognomon californicus (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Isognomon dunkeri (P. Fischer, 1881)
- Species Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Isognomon incisus (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Isognomon janus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Species Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Isognomon radiatus (Anton, 1838)
- Species Isognomon recognitus (Mabille, 1895)
- Species Isognomon vulselloides Macsotay & Campos, 2001
- Species Isognomon acutirostris (Dunker, 1869) accepted as Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Isognomon acutirostris Otuka, 1936 accepted as Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Isognomon anomioides (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Isognomon australicus (Reeve, 1858)
- Species Isognomon attenuata (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Isognomon australica (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Isognomon australicus (Reeve, 1858) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Isognomon aviculare (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Isognomon brevirostre Link, 1807 accepted as Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Isognomon californicum (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Isognomon californicus (Conrad, 1837) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Isognomon dentifer (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Isognomon isognomon (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling of specific epithet)
- Species Isognomon roberti H. J. Koch, 1953 accepted as Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Isognomon rude (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Isognomon rupella (Dufo, 1840) accepted as Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Isognomon sulcatum (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Isognomon vulsella (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Isognomon (Anisoperna) Iredale, 1939 represented as Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786
- Subgenus Isognomon (Isognomon) [Lightfoot], 1786 represented as Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786
- Species Isognomon (Isognomon) radiatus (M. Hörnes, 1867) represented as Isognomon radiatus (M. Hörnes, 1867) †
- Species Isognomon (Isognomon) rekohuensis J. S. Crampton, 1988 represented as Isognomon rekohuensis J. S. Crampton, 1988 †
- Species Isognomon (Isognomon) wellmani J. S. Crampton, 1988 represented as Isognomon wellmani J. S. Crampton, 1988 †
- Subgenus Isognomon (Parviperna) Iredale, 1939 represented as Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786
- Species Isognomon (Parviperna) nucleus (Lamarck, 1819) represented as Isognomon nucleus (Lamarck, 1819)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 9, 41, 52, 115, 137 [details]
page(s): 9, 41, 52, 115, 137 [details]
Nomenclature Quoted from F. Welter-Schultes' AnimalBase accessed 01/2021
"First mentioned in the combination Isognomon perna, a...
"First mentioned in the combination Isognomon perna, a...
Nomenclature Quoted from F. Welter-Schultes' AnimalBase accessed 01/2021
"First mentioned in the combination Isognomon perna, a subsequent use of Ostrea perna Linné, 1767, which made the name Isognomon available. On p. 52 (lot 1242) Lightfoot mentioned Isognoma perna merely as a synonym of Ostrea perna, Linné, 1767: "Four varietis of Ostrea perna, L. (Isognomon, S.)..."(original text).
On p. 137 (lot 3041) the same species was called Isognoma perna, which means that Isognoma and Isognomon were variant spellings of the same name.
Isognoma was also mentioned on p. 9 (lot 176) as Isognoma lignea, but only as a synonym of Ostrea "isognomon L." (misspelling for Ostrea isognomum Linnæus, 1758)), and on p. 115 (lot 2516) as Isognoma rigida with bibliographical reference.
First Reviser decision on Isognoma/ Isognomon by Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938 who selected Isognomon. This name is in current usage.
First reviser was not Link 1807: 155 who used only Isognomon without mentioning Isognoma. The name was made available on pp. 41 (Isognomon) and on p. 115 and 137 (Isognoma), with two species included: Ostrea perna Linné, 1767 and Isognoma rigida Lightfoot, 1786. [details]
"First mentioned in the combination Isognomon perna, a subsequent use of Ostrea perna Linné, 1767, which made the name Isognomon available. On p. 52 (lot 1242) Lightfoot mentioned Isognoma perna merely as a synonym of Ostrea perna, Linné, 1767: "Four varietis of Ostrea perna, L. (Isognomon, S.)..."(original text).
On p. 137 (lot 3041) the same species was called Isognoma perna, which means that Isognoma and Isognomon were variant spellings of the same name.
Isognoma was also mentioned on p. 9 (lot 176) as Isognoma lignea, but only as a synonym of Ostrea "isognomon L." (misspelling for Ostrea isognomum Linnæus, 1758)), and on p. 115 (lot 2516) as Isognoma rigida with bibliographical reference.
First Reviser decision on Isognoma/ Isognomon by Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938 who selected Isognomon. This name is in current usage.
First reviser was not Link 1807: 155 who used only Isognomon without mentioning Isognoma. The name was made available on pp. 41 (Isognomon) and on p. 115 and 137 (Isognoma), with two species included: Ostrea perna Linné, 1767 and Isognoma rigida Lightfoot, 1786. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138091 on 2024-08-27
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original description
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 9, 41, 52, 115, 137 [details]
original description (of Melina Philipsson, 1788) Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 4+23 pp. Lund. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985|LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Parviperna Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details]
original description (of Perna Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 1: xiii [details]
original description (of Malleoperna Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details]
original description (of Pedalion Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Isogonum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Hippochaeta Philippi, 1844 †) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 55 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Dall, W. H.; Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1938). A manual of the Recent and fossil marine pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 153: 1-233, 58 pls. [25 July]., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015023271177
note: first reviser's choice of Isognomon over Isognoma [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 66 [details]
redescription 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]
page(s): 9, 41, 52, 115, 137 [details]
original description (of Melina Philipsson, 1788) Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 4+23 pp. Lund. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985|LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004
page(s): 22 [details]
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original description (of Parviperna Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details]
original description (of Perna Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 1: xiii [details]
original description (of Malleoperna Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details]
original description (of Pedalion Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Isogonum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Hippochaeta Philippi, 1844 †) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 55 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Dall, W. H.; Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1938). A manual of the Recent and fossil marine pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 153: 1-233, 58 pls. [25 July]., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015023271177
note: first reviser's choice of Isognomon over Isognoma [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 66 [details]
redescription 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]
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Grammatical gender masculine, as derived from Greek noun γνώμων, which is masculine (ICZN Art. 30.1.2). Incorrectly stated as neuter in AnimalBase [details]Nomenclature Quoted from F. Welter-Schultes' AnimalBase
"First mentioned in the combination Isognomon perna, a subsequent use of Ostrea perna Linné, 1767, which made the name Isognomon available. On p. 52 (lot 1242) Lightfoot mentioned Isognoma perna merely as a synonym of Ostrea perna, Linné, 1767: "Four varietis of Ostrea perna, L. (Isognomon, S.)..."(original text).
On p. 137 (lot 3041) the same species was called Isognoma perna, which means that Isognoma and Isognomon were variant spellings of the same name.
Isognoma was also mentioned on p. 9 (lot 176) as Isognoma lignea, but only as a synonym of Ostrea "isognomon L." (misspelling for Ostrea isognomum Linnæus, 1758)), and on p. 115 (lot 2516) as Isognoma rigida with bibliographical reference.
First Reviser decision on Isognoma/ Isognomon by Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938 who selected Isognomon. This name is in current usage.
First reviser was not Link 1807: 155 who used only Isognomon without mentioning Isognoma. The name was made available on pp. 41 (Isognomon) and on p. 115 and 137 (Isognoma), with two species included: Ostrea perna Linné, 1767 and Isognoma rigida Lightfoot, 1786. [details]