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Meretrix (Caryatis) tumida G. B. Sowerby III, 1895
540953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540953)
unaccepted
Species
Meretrix (Caryatis) Römer, 1862 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1895). New species of shells from Kurachi and the Mekran coast, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1: 278–280, pl. 18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167591
page(s): 280, pl. 18 figs 12-13 [details]
page(s): 280, pl. 18 figs 12-13 [details]
Note Mekran Coast [= S. coast of Iran - Pakistan]
Type locality Mekran Coast [= S. coast of Iran - Pakistan] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meretrix (Caryatis) tumida G. B. Sowerby III, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540953 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1895). New species of shells from Kurachi and the Mekran coast, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1: 278–280, pl. 18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167591
page(s): 280, pl. 18 figs 12-13 [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]
page(s): 280, pl. 18 figs 12-13 [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]
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Type locality Mekran Coast [= S. coast of Iran - Pakistan] [details]
