WoRMS name details
Amphidesma boysiana Leach, 1852
537341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:537341)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation (Unjustified emendation of Mactra boysi Montagu, 1803)
Species
Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Semele (Amphidesma) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Semele Schumacher, 1817
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 279; note: unjustified emendation and new combination of Mactra boysi Montagu, 1803 [details]
page(s): 279; note: unjustified emendation and new combination of Mactra boysi Montagu, 1803 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphidesma boysiana Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537341 on 2025-03-31
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Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 279; note: unjustified emendation and new combination of Mactra boysi Montagu, 1803 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 279; note: unjustified emendation and new combination of Mactra boysi Montagu, 1803 [details]
basis of record 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]
