African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Avicula Bruguière, 1792

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)

AphiaID

204772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204772)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pteriidae J. E. Gray, 1847 (1820)

Original name

Avicula Bruguière, 1792

Direct children (4)

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Species Avicula crocea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
Species Avicula fuscopurpurea E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Electroma fuscopurpurea (E. A. Smith, 1876) (original combination)
Species Avicula lotorium Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
Species Avicula macroptera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): pl. 177 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2026-08-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-10-10 09:09:28Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

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Gofas, Serge

2011-03-12 15:24:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-06 20:45:37Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2021-09-19 19:44:10Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2022-12-27 21:03:36Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2023-04-01 20:03:17Z

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Schneider, Simon

2025-12-31 01:45:26Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): pl. 177 [details]

source of synonymy Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 180 [details]

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Exterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Pearl)

From editor or global species database

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)

Image from typetaxon