MolluscaBase - Cytheraea simplex G. B. Sowerby II, 1851

WoRMS name details

Cytheraea simplex G. B. Sowerby II, 1851

AphiaID

1439015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439015)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium

Rank

Species

Parent

Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Cytheraea simplex G. B. Sowerby II, 1851

Environment

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

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus Cytheraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 627, pl. 136 fig. 182-183 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cytheraea simplex G. B. Sowerby II, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439015 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-06-03 11:37:02Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2020-06-13 20:11:53Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus Cytheraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 627, pl. 136 fig. 182-183 [details]

Taxonomy

status source 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)
page(s): supplementary table [details]