WoRMS taxon details
Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
415847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415847)
accepted
Genus
Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801 accepted as Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) (type by monotypy)
Americana Clessin, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena (Americana) Clessin, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena (Anomala) Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted
Cyrena (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · unaccepted
Cyrena (Leptosiphon) P. Fischer, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854 · unaccepted
Egetaria Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872 · unaccepted
Neocyrena Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 · unaccepted
Polymesoda (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · alternative representation
Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861 · alternative representation
Polymesoda (Neocyrena) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 · alternative representation
Polymesoda (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 · alternative representation
Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854 · unaccepted
Pseudocyrena Bourguignat, 1854 · unaccepted
- Species Polymesoda aequilatera (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
- Species Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846)
- Species Polymesoda fontainei (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
- Species Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Species Polymesoda meridionalis (Prime, 1865)
- Species Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022
- Species Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Polymesoda obscura (Prime, 1860)
- Species Polymesoda ordinaria (Prime, 1865)
- Species Polymesoda placens (Hanley, 1845)
- Species Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1845)
- Species Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch, 1849)
- Species Polymesoda tribunalis (Prime, 1870)
- Species Polymesoda boliviana (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Polymesoda (Geloina) J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Geloina J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Polymesoda (Geloina) galatheae (Mörch, 1850) accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849) (a junior synonym)
- Species Polymesoda (Geloina) proxima (Prime, 1864) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) (a junior synonym)
- Subgenus Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Species Polymesoda acuta (Prime, 1861) accepted as Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022
- Species Polymesoda altilis (A. A. Gould, 1853) accepted as Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Polymesoda coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Polymesoda erosa auct. non [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Geloina erosa auct. non Lightfoot accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)
- Species Polymesoda expansa (Mousson, 1849) accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)
- Species Polymesoda joseana J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Species Polymesoda maritima (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
- Species Polymesoda nicaraguana (Prime, 1869) accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
- Species Polymesoda nitida (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polymesoda powelli Valentich-Scott, 2012 accepted as Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1845)
- Species Polymesoda proxima (Prime, 1864) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Polymesoda solida (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
- Species Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Polymesoda zeteki Pilsbry, 1931 accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Polymesoda (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Subgenus Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Species Polymesoda (Egetaria) pullastra (Mörch, 1861) accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Polymesoda (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Species Polymesoda (Polymesoda) arctata (Deshayes, 1855) represented as Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Polymesoda (Polymesoda) triangula (von dem Busch, 1849) represented as Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch, 1849)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 319 [details]
page(s): 319 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415847 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 651 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Anomala) Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 20-23 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854) Bourguignat, J.R. (1853-1856). Aménités Malacologiques. Tome premier. J. B. Baillière, Paris. VIII + 255 pp., 21 pls. (1): 1-15 (1853); (2): 17-54, pl. 1 (1854); (3): 55-86, pls 2-5, 1 table (1855); (4): 87-106, pls 6-7 (1855); (5): 107-129, pls 8-9 (1856); (6): 131-150, pls 10-11 (1856); (7): 151-164, pls 12-13 (1856); (8): 165-255, I-VIII, pls 14-21 (1856)., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10306770_00009.html
page(s): 71-72 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Americana) Clessin, 1879) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Leptosiphon) P. Fischer, 1872) Fischer P. (1872). Notes sur l'Anatomie des Cyrènes Américaines. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 191-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16078072
page(s): 195 [details]
basis of record Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 105: i-iv, 1-423., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf
page(s): 309 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 651 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Anomala) Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 20-23 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854) Bourguignat, J.R. (1853-1856). Aménités Malacologiques. Tome premier. J. B. Baillière, Paris. VIII + 255 pp., 21 pls. (1): 1-15 (1853); (2): 17-54, pl. 1 (1854); (3): 55-86, pls 2-5, 1 table (1855); (4): 87-106, pls 6-7 (1855); (5): 107-129, pls 8-9 (1856); (6): 131-150, pls 10-11 (1856); (7): 151-164, pls 12-13 (1856); (8): 165-255, I-VIII, pls 14-21 (1856)., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10306770_00009.html
page(s): 71-72 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Americana) Clessin, 1879) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Cyrena (Leptosiphon) P. Fischer, 1872) Fischer P. (1872). Notes sur l'Anatomie des Cyrènes Américaines. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 191-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16078072
page(s): 195 [details]
basis of record Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 105: i-iv, 1-423., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf
page(s): 309 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Wu, R.; Liu, L.; Liu, X.; Ye, Y.; Wu, X.; Xie, Z.; Liu, Z.; Li, Z. (2023). Towards a systematic revision of the superfamily Cyrenoidea (Bivalvia: Imparidentia): species delimitation, multi-locus phylogeny and mitochondrial phylogenomics. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 37(9): 607., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is23015 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptosiphon) (from synonym Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymesoda)
To Genbank (from synonym Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1479058)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymesoda)
To Genbank (from synonym Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1479058)
To ITIS
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