WoRMS taxon details
Meretricinae J. E. Gray, 1847
510755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510755)
accepted
Subfamily
Cythereinae J. E. Gray, 1838 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus a junior...)
invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera].
Meretricidae J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Gomphina Mörch, 1853
- Genus Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
- Genus Tivela Link, 1807
- Genus Cyterea [sic] accepted as Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799 (alternative original spelling for Cytherea Lamarck, 1805)
- Genus Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera] and Cytherea Röding, 1798)
- Genus Eutivela Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 represented as Tivela Link, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Gomphinella Marwick, 1927 accepted as Gomphina Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pachydesma Conrad, 1854 accepted as Tivela (Pachydesma) Conrad, 1854 represented as Tivela Link, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Planitivela Olsson, 1961 accepted as Tivela (Planitivela) Olsson, 1961 represented as Tivela Link, 1807
- Genus Trigonella Conrad, 1837 accepted as Tivela (Pachydesma) Conrad, 1854 represented as Tivela Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Trigonella da Costa, 1778; Pachydesma is a replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 183 [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Meretricinae J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510755 on 2026-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Cythereinae J. E. Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus <i>Cytherea</i>, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. <em>The Analyst.</em> 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 302; note: Original spelling Cythereina. Cytherea was used by Lamarck, 1805, as a substitute name for Cytherea Lamarck, 1799, and is not the same as Cytherea Röding, 1798 [= Periglypta<...
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basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Cythereinae J. E. Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus <i>Cytherea</i>, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. <em>The Analyst.</em> 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 302; note: Original spelling Cythereina. Cytherea was used by Lamarck, 1805, as a substitute name for Cytherea Lamarck, 1799, and is not the same as Cytherea Röding, 1798 [= Periglypta<...
Original spelling Cythereina. Cytherea was used by Lamarck, 1805, as a substitute
name for Cytherea Lamarck, 1799, and is not the same as Cytherea Röding, 1798 [= Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914].
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
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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]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cythereinae) (from synonym Cythereinae J. E. Gray, 1838)
To Genbank (from synonym Cythereinae J. E. Gray, 1838)
To Genbank (from synonym Cythereinae J. E. Gray, 1838)
