MolluscaBase - Cyrena (Velorita) Deshayes, 1855 †

Traits name details

Cyrena (Velorita) Deshayes, 1855 †

AphiaID

1590852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1590852)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unjustified emendation of Villorita Gray, 1833)

Accepted name

Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Cyrena Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Velorita Deshayes, 1855

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Species Cyrena (Velorita) pireti Cossmann, 1908 † accepted as Polymesoda pireti (Cossmann, 1908) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of ) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 240 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyrena (Velorita) Deshayes, 1855 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1590852 on 2025-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cyrena (Velorita) Deshayes, 1855 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1590852 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2022-06-23 11:44:38Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 240 [details]

basis of record Cossmann M. (1908). Pélécypodes du Montien de Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 5: 1-76, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43205763
page(s): 34 [details]