WoRMS name details
Pholas calva var. nana G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
546508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:546508)
unaccepted
Variety
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming, chiefly 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: 68–72. [26 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859664
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pholas calva var. nana G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546508 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming, chiefly 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: 68–72. [26 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859664
page(s): 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]
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]
page(s): 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]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
