Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)

HKRMS name details

Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822)

AphiaID

872676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872676)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820

Original name

Cyrena sumatrensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1822

Environment

brackish

Original description

(of ) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 5, [65] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822). 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.) (2021) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872676 on 2026-04-21

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. Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872676 on 2026-04-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-04-01 12:43:43Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-05-12 14:40:09Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

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Sources (4)

original description (of ) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 5, [65] [details]

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

source of synonymy Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 801 [details]