MolluscaBase taxon details
Plesiothyreus malonei (Vanatta, 1912)
1514354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1514354)
accepted
Species
Phenacolepas magdalena Dall, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phenacolepas malonei Vanatta, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Phenacolepas malonei Vanatta, 1912) Vanatta, E. G. (1912). <i>Phenacolepas malonei</i> n. sp. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 64: 151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694783 [details]
Type locality contained in Baja California
type locality contained in Baja California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiothyreus malonei (Vanatta, 1912). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514354 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Phenacolepas malonei Vanatta, 1912) Vanatta, E. G. (1912). <i>Phenacolepas malonei</i> n. sp. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 64: 151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694783 [details]
original description (of Phenacolepas magdalena Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Description of new species of shells, chiefly from Magdalena Bay, Lower California. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 31: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332127
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Phenacolepas magdalena Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Description of new species of shells, chiefly from Magdalena Bay, Lower California. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 31: 5-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332127
page(s): 6 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment New combination herein, based on the synonymy of Phenacolepas with Plesiothyreus. However, the species may also belong in Zacalantica (Kano & Fukumori, com. pers.), and proper genus allocation currently requires molecular data. [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Phenacolepas malonei. Vanatta, 1912. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64: 151, text-figs. 1, 2, 3 - catalog no. 105741) (from synonym Phenacolepas malonei Vanatta, 1912)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
