WoRMS taxon details
Monia J. E. Gray, 1850
153020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153020)
accepted
Genus
Placunanomia zealandica [sic] accepted as Monia zelandica (J. E. Gray, 1843) (type by subsequent designation)
Monia (Monia) J. E. Gray, 1850 · alternative representation
Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Pododesmus (Monia) J. E. Gray, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Monia colon (J. E. Gray, 1850)
- Species Monia deliciosa Iredale, 1936
- Species Monia nobilis (Reeve, 1859)
- Species Monia timida Iredale, 1939
- Species Monia zelandica (J. E. Gray, 1843)
- Species Monia aculeata (O. F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
- Species Monia alberti Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Isomonia alberti (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
- Species Monia cladocorae Parenzan, 1974 accepted as Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monia glauca Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Monia squama (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Monia macrochisma (Deshayes, 1839) accepted as Pododesmus macrochisma (Deshayes, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Monia patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1761) accepted as Pododesmus patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Monia squama (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Monia umbonata (A. Gould, 1861) accepted as Isomonia umbonata (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Monia (Isomonia) Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 represented as Isomonia Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 (original rank as subgenus)
- Subgenus Monia (Monia) J. E. Gray, 1850 represented as Monia J. E. Gray, 1850
- Subgenus Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010 represented as Monia J. E. Gray, 1850
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1850). On the species of Anomiadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1849) 17: 113-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572546 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monia J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153020 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1850). On the species of Anomiadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1849) 17: 113-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572546 [details]
original description (of Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010) Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 619 [details]
original description (of Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010) Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 619 [details]
Other
additional source
Holmes A.M. (2017). Phylogenetics of British saddle oysters (Bivalvia: Anomiidae) - A review of the shell morphology, internal anatomy and genetics of <i>Pododesmus</i> in British waters. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 42(5): 317-325. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
