WoRMS name details
Petricola lyra Melvill, 1898
542656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542656)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1898). A brief bibliographical résumé of the Erythraean molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 1: 194–206, pl. 12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365397
page(s): 204-205, pl. 12, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 204-205, pl. 12, fig. 13 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Aden
type locality contained in Gulf of Aden [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Petricola lyra Melvill, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542656 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1898). A brief bibliographical résumé of the Erythraean molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 1: 194–206, pl. 12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365397
page(s): 204-205, pl. 12, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 204-205, pl. 12, fig. 13 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0204
page(s): 216. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 216. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
