MolluscaBase taxon details
Securella securis (Shumard, 1858) †
1822497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1822497)
accepted
Species
Venus parapodema Dall, 1909 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus securis Shumard, 1858 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Venus securis Shumard, 1858 †) Shumard, B.F. (1858). Descriptions of New Fossils from the Tertiary Formation of Oregon and Washington Territories and the Cretaceous of Vancouver's Island, collected by Dr. Jno. Evans, U. S. Geologist, under instructions from the Department of the Interior. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 1: 120-125, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30339414
page(s): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Securella securis (Shumard, 1858) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1822497 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Venus securis Shumard, 1858 †) Shumard, B.F. (1858). Descriptions of New Fossils from the Tertiary Formation of Oregon and Washington Territories and the Cretaceous of Vancouver's Island, collected by Dr. Jno. Evans, U. S. Geologist, under instructions from the Department of the Interior. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 1: 120-125, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30339414
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Venus parapodema Dall, 1909 †) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf
page(s): 122, pl. 11 fig. 11, pl. 13 fig. 1 [details]
new combination reference Parker, P. (1949). Fossil and Recent species of the pelecypod genera <i>Chione</i> and <i>Securella</i> from the Pacific coast. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 23(6): 577-593, pls 89-95., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1299665
page(s): 593, pl. 94 figs 8, 12, 19, pl. 95 fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Venus parapodema Dall, 1909 †) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf
page(s): 122, pl. 11 fig. 11, pl. 13 fig. 1 [details]
new combination reference Parker, P. (1949). Fossil and Recent species of the pelecypod genera <i>Chione</i> and <i>Securella</i> from the Pacific coast. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 23(6): 577-593, pls 89-95., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1299665
page(s): 593, pl. 94 figs 8, 12, 19, pl. 95 fig. 6 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
