African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pteria crocata (Swainson, 1831)

AfReMaS name details

Pteria crocata (Swainson, 1831)

AphiaID

208453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208453)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pinctada crocata (Swainson, 1831)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Margarita crocata Swainson, 1831

Environment

marine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): vol. 2, pl. 55 [details]

(of ) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): vol. 2, pl. 55 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria crocata (Swainson, 1831). 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208453 on 2025-11-18

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 crocata (Swainson, 1831). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208453 on 2025-11-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-19 09:36:22Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2011-12-27 04:17:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-01-06 09:21:15Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-02-02 19:29:15Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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Sources (3)

original description Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): vol. 2, pl. 55 [details]

original description (of ) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): vol. 2, pl. 55 [details]

source of synonymy 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]