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Gastrochaena brevis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
505347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505347)
accepted
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells forming part of the collection made by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 21–22. [17 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568370
page(s): 21 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gastrochaena brevis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505347 on 2025-09-12
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Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells forming part of the collection made by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 21–22. [17 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568370
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
