MolluscaBase - Cyrena membranacea (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †

MolluscaBase name details

Cyrena membranacea (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †

AphiaID

1602465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1602465)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Filosina membranacea (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Original name

Cyclas membranaceus J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Cyclas membranaceus 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): 52, pl. 527, fig. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyrena membranacea (J. De C. Sowerby, 1826) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1602465 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-09-21 09:41:06Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Cyclas membranaceus 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): 52, pl. 527, fig. 3 [details]

basis of record Prime, T. (1860). Synonymy of the Cyclades, a family of Acephalous Mollusca. Part 1. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 267-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297414
page(s): 281 [details]