MolluscaBase taxon details
Pachymya gigas J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 †
1499709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1499709)
accepted
Species
Pachymya (Pachymya) gigas J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 † · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). 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. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50339
page(s): 2, pls 504, 505 [details]
page(s): 2, pls 504, 505 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pachymya gigas J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1499709 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). 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. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50339
page(s): 2, pls 504, 505 [details]
original description (of Pachymya (Pachymya) gigas J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). 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. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50339 [details]
basis of record Karapunar, B.; Werner, W.; Fürsich, F. T.; Nützel, A. (2020). Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) bivalves from Buttenheim, Franconia (Southern Germany). <em>Palaeontographica, Abteilung A.</em> 318(1-4): 1-127., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/pala/2020/0098 [details]
page(s): 2, pls 504, 505 [details]
original description (of Pachymya (Pachymya) gigas J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). 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. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50339 [details]
basis of record Karapunar, B.; Werner, W.; Fürsich, F. T.; Nützel, A. (2020). Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) bivalves from Buttenheim, Franconia (Southern Germany). <em>Palaeontographica, Abteilung A.</em> 318(1-4): 1-127., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/pala/2020/0098 [details]
