WoRMS taxon details
Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
156838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156838)
accepted
Genus
Pholas cruciger G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 accepted as Cyrtopleura crucigera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (type by subsequent designation)
Cyrtopleura (Cyrtopleura) Tryon, 1862 · alternative representation
Cyrtopleura (Scobinopholas) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 · alternative representation
Leuconyx H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 · unaccepted (name rejected by Turner (1969) as...)
name rejected by Turner (1969) as a forgotten name (nomen oblitum) because it was not used as a valid name for 50 years [ICZN 2nd ed, Article 23b]
Pholas (Cyrtopleura) Tryon, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pholas (Scobinopholas) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 · unaccepted
Scobina Bayle, 1880 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Scobina Lepeletier, 1825 [Coleoptera]; Scobinopholas is a replacement name
- Species Cyrtopleura angelicalis Stakowian & Simone, 2024
- Species Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Cyrtopleura crucigera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Species Cyrtopleura lanceolata (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Cyrtopleura exilis Tryon, 1870 accepted as Cyrtopleura crucigera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Subgenus Cyrtopleura (Cyrtopleura) Tryon, 1862 represented as Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
- Subgenus Cyrtopleura (Scobinopholas) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 represented as Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Pholas (Cyrtopleura) Tryon, 1862) Tryon, G. W. (1862). On the classification and synonymy of the recent species of Pholadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(5): 191-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361163
page(s): 201 [details]
page(s): 201 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156838 on 2026-02-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leuconyx H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1863). Descriptions of five new genera of Mollusca. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 11: 18-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221472#page/31/mode/1up
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Pholas (Scobinopholas) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 431 [details]
original description (of Scobina Bayle, 1880) Bayle, E. (1880). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(3): 240-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919349
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Pholas (Cyrtopleura) Tryon, 1862) Tryon, G. W. (1862). On the classification and synonymy of the recent species of Pholadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(5): 191-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361163
page(s): 201 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Pholas (Scobinopholas) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 431 [details]
original description (of Scobina Bayle, 1880) Bayle, E. (1880). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(3): 240-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919349
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Pholas (Cyrtopleura) Tryon, 1862) Tryon, G. W. (1862). On the classification and synonymy of the recent species of Pholadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(5): 191-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361163
page(s): 201 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
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]
