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Pholas spathulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
542847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542847)
unaccepted > junior homonym (not Pholas spathulata Deshayes, 1843)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Pholas</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (10): 485–500, pl. 102-108. Sowerby, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075577
page(s): 497, pl. 106 figs 69-70 [details]
page(s): 497, pl. 106 figs 69-70 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pholas spathulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542847 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Pholas</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (10): 485–500, pl. 102-108. Sowerby, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075577
page(s): 497, pl. 106 figs 69-70 [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]
redescription Sowerby II, G. B. (1850). On a new genus of pholadid, with notices of several new species and of a remarkable specimen of <i>Pholas calva</i> in Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 17: 160-162, Mollusca pl. 5. [published January-June 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572599
page(s): 162 [details]
page(s): 497, pl. 106 figs 69-70 [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]
redescription Sowerby II, G. B. (1850). On a new genus of pholadid, with notices of several new species and of a remarkable specimen of <i>Pholas calva</i> in Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 17: 160-162, Mollusca pl. 5. [published January-June 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572599
page(s): 162 [details]
