MolluscaBase taxon details
Legumen Conrad, 1858 †
1547226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1547226)
accepted
Genus
Legumen ellipticus Conrad, 1858 † accepted as Legumen ellipticum Conrad, 1858 † (type by subsequent designation)
Baroda Stoliczka, 1870 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Baroda (Baroda) Stoliczka, 1870 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Legumen carolinense (Conrad, 1873) †
- Species Legumen ellipticum Conrad, 1858 †
- Species Legumen fragilis (A. d'Orbigny, 1845) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Legumen ooides (Gabb, 1864) †
- Species Legumen ellipticus Conrad, 1858 † accepted as Legumen ellipticum Conrad, 1858 † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 325 [details]
page(s): 325 [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous
Fossil range Cretaceous [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Legumen Conrad, 1858 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1547226 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Baroda Stoliczka, 1870 †) Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955
page(s): 145 [details]
basis of record Keen A. M. (1969). Superfamily Veneracea Rafinesque, 1815. pp. N670-N690. In: R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N683 [details]
additional source Collins, K. S.; Edie, S. M.; Jablonski, D. (2019). Hinge and ecomorphology of <i>Legumen</i> Conrad, 1858 (Bivalvia, Veneridae), and the contraction of venerid morphospace following the end-Cretaceous extinction. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 94(3): 489-497., available online at http://doi: 10.1017/jpa.2019.100 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute.</em> 294: 1-524.
page(s): 399 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Baroda Stoliczka, 1870 †) Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955
page(s): 145 [details]
basis of record Keen A. M. (1969). Superfamily Veneracea Rafinesque, 1815. pp. N670-N690. In: R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N683 [details]
additional source Collins, K. S.; Edie, S. M.; Jablonski, D. (2019). Hinge and ecomorphology of <i>Legumen</i> Conrad, 1858 (Bivalvia, Veneridae), and the contraction of venerid morphospace following the end-Cretaceous extinction. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 94(3): 489-497., available online at http://doi: 10.1017/jpa.2019.100 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute.</em> 294: 1-524.
page(s): 399 [details] Available for editors
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Fossil range Cretaceous [details]
