Marine Species Traits - Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817) †

MolluscaBase name details

Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817) †

AphiaID

1556544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1556544)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted Name

Polymesoda obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820

Orig. name

Cyclas obovata J. Sowerby, 1817 †

Synonymised names

Corbicula obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817) † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cyclas obovata J. Sowerby, 1817 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cyrena obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817) † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Cyclas obovata J. Sowerby, 1817 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 140, pl. 162, figs 4-6 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Great Britain

type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1556544 on 2024-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-01-07 07:40:31Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Cyclas obovata J. Sowerby, 1817 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 140, pl. 162, figs 4-6 [details]

basis of record Munt, M.C. (2014). Mollusca from the Insect Limestone (Bembridge Marls Member: Bouldnor Formation: Solent Group), Palaeogene, Isle of Wight, southern England <em>Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh</em>. 104: 263-274, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691014000048
page(s): 264, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality