MolluscaBase - Potamomya J. De C. Sowerby, 1835

WoRMS name details

Potamomya J. De C. Sowerby, 1835

AphiaID

526480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526480)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Erodona Bosc, 1801

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mya plana J. Sowerby, 1814 † accepted as Erodona plana (J. Sowerby, 1814) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Erodonidae Winckworth, 1932 accepted as Erodoninae Winckworth, 1932

Original name

Potamomya J. De C. Sowerby, 1835

Synonymised names

Corbula (Potamomya) J. De C. Sowerby, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Potamomya aequalis C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Panamicorbula ventricosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Potamomya inflata C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Panamicorbula ventricosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Potamomya nimbosa Hinds, 1843 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801
Species Potamomya ocreata Hinds, 1843 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801
Species Potamomya plana (J. Sowerby, 1814) accepted as Erodona plana (J. Sowerby, 1814) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamomya trigonalis C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Panamicorbula ventricosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

brackish

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

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): 241 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Potamomya J. De C. Sowerby, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526480 on 2025-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-22 10:20:13Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2024-01-03 20:07:02Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description 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): 241 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Keen, A. M. (1969). Superfamily Myacea. Pp. N690-N699. In R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6 (2), Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): 698 [details]

Other

subsequent type designation Keen, A. M. (1969). Superfamily Myacea. Pp. N690-N699. In R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6 (2), Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): 698 [details]