WoRMS name details
Morrisia gigantea Deshayes, 1863
869806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:869806)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Morrisia Davidson, 1852 accepted as Platidia Costa, 1852
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117 [details]
Type locality contained in Réunion part of the Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Réunion part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2026). World Brachiopoda Database. Morrisia gigantea Deshayes, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869806 on 2026-03-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117 [details]
basis of record Bitner, M. A. (2007). Recent brachiopods from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Southcentral Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29:491–502. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bitner, M. A. (2007). Recent brachiopods from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Southcentral Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29:491–502. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
