Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)

HKRMS taxon details

Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)

AphiaID

595861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595861)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Avicula maura Reeve, 1857

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570
page(s): sp. 72 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595861 on 2026-03-10

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595861 on 2026-03-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-02-26 21:22:40Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-12-27 21:03:36Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570
page(s): sp. 72 [details]

context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]