MolluscaBase - Polymesoda (Geloina) pulchra (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †

MolluscaBase name details

Polymesoda (Geloina) pulchra (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †

AphiaID

1561374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1561374)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Geloina pulchra (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymesoda (Geloina) J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Geloina J. E. Gray, 1842

Original name

Cyclas pulcher J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Cyclas pulcher 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
page(s): 51, pl. 527, fig. 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda (Geloina) pulchra (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1561374 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-02-02 18:13:57Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-09-14 06:44:10Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Cyclas pulcher 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
page(s): 51, pl. 527, fig. 1 [details]

basis of record Glibert, M.; Van de Poel, L. (1966). Les Bivalvia fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. IV. Heteroconchia. 2ème partie: Corbiculidae à Petricolidae (fin). <em>Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> (2) 82: 1-108., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/252242.pdf
page(s): 5 [details]