WoRMS name details
Pectunculina A. d'Orbigny, 1844
204615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204615)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Pectunculus scalaris J. De C. Sowerby, 1824 † accepted as Limopsis (Pectunculina) scalaris (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824) † represented as Limopsis scalaris (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Pectunculina anomala (Eichwald, 1830) † accepted as Limopsis anomala (Eichwald, 1830) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pectunculina aoteana Vella, 1954 † accepted as Limopsis aoteana (Vella, 1954) †
- Species Pectunculina fenestrata K. Martin, 1885 † accepted as Limopsis fenestrata (K. Martin, 1885) †
- Species Pectunculina lata (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Aspalima lata (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pectunculina multistriata (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Limopsis multistriata (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Oblimopa multistriata (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Pectunculina oblonga (A. Adams, 1860) accepted as Limopsis crenata A. Adams, 1863 accepted as Aspalima crenata (A. Adams, 1863)
- Species Pectunculina ovata K. Martin, 1885 † accepted as Limopsis venusta (K. Martin, 1885) †
- Species Pectunculina parvicostata P. A. Maxwell, 1992 † accepted as Limopsis parvicostata (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) † (superseded combination)
- Species Pectunculina perobliqua K. Martin, 1885 † accepted as Limopsis perobliqua (K. Martin, 1885) †
- Species Pectunculina proceritas Crozier, 1966 accepted as Limopsis proceritas (Crozier, 1966) (superseded combination)
- Species Pectunculina scalaris (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824) † accepted as Limopsis (Pectunculina) scalaris (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824) † represented as Limopsis scalaris (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824) †
- Species Pectunculina tasmani Dell, 1956 accepted as Aspalima tasmani (Dell, 1956)
- Species Pectunculina undulata K. Martin, 1885 † accepted as Limopsis undulata (K. Martin, 1885) † accepted as Glycymeris dunkeri (O. Boettger, 1883) †
- Species Pectunculina venusta K. Martin, 1885 † accepted as Limopsis venusta (K. Martin, 1885) †
- Species Pectunculina complanata A. d'Orbigny, 1844 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pectunculina guerangeri A. d'Orbigny, 1844 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 182 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pectunculina A. d'Orbigny, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204615 on 2025-07-18
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2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 182 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Beu, A. G. (2006). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to recent bivalves. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 36(4): 151-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2006.9517808
page(s): 178 [details]
status source Janssen, R. (2015). A review of the Oligocene Limopsidae of the North Sea Basin (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Geologica Saxonica.</em> 61 (1): 7-33., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/02_geologica-saxonica61-1_2015_janssen.pdf
note: treated as valid genus [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 178 [details]
status source Janssen, R. (2015). A review of the Oligocene Limopsidae of the North Sea Basin (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Geologica Saxonica.</em> 61 (1): 7-33., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/02_geologica-saxonica61-1_2015_janssen.pdf
note: treated as valid genus [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
synonymy Pectunculina is subgenus of Limopsis [details]
