African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)

AfReMaS taxon details

Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)

AphiaID

208444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208444)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Mytilus hirundo var. aegyptiaca Dillwyn, 1817

Synonymised names

Pteria savignyi (Deshayes, 1830) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) 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): 322; note: ased on Chemnitz, 1792, vol. 11 p.252, pl.205, fig. 2018-2019 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208444 on 2025-11-17

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208444 on 2025-11-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-19 09:36:22Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2011-12-19 16:43:08Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2011-12-27 04:17:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-03-31 20:09:14Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of ) 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): 322; note: ased on Chemnitz, 1792, vol. 11 p.252, pl.205, fig. 2018-2019 [details]

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Malacopics (Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn,1817) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
To PESI

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn,1817) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)

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