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Fissurella maxima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

570469  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570469)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Lepetellida (Order)
  7. Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
  8. Fissurellidae (Family)
  9. Fissurellinae (Subfamily)
  10. Fissurella (Genus)
  11. Fissurella maxima (Species)
accepted
Species
Fissurella concinna R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fissurella solida R. A. Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834-1835). <i>Fissurella</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 68-81, fig. 1-77. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 68-71, figs 1-27 (1834); Parts 72-81, figs 28-77 (1835)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915831
page(s): 70, fig. 18 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fissurella maxima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570469 on 2025-09-11
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834-1835). <i>Fissurella</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 68-81, fig. 1-77. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 68-71, figs 1-27 (1834); Parts 72-81, figs 28-77 (1835)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915831
page(s): 70, fig. 18 [details] 

original description (of Fissurella solida R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127 [1847]; 5(1): 13-16; 5(2): 17-27 [1848]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292065
page(s): 120 [details] 

original description (of Fissurella concinna R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 2: 66. pl. Fissurella 2, fig. 5 [details] 

original description (of Fissurella hondurasensis Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849-1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Fissurella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-16 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pls. 1-6, Aug. 1849; 7, 8 Dec. 1849; 9-12, Jun. 1850; 13-16, Aug. 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142026 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record McLean, J. H. (1984). Systematics of <i>Fissurella</i> in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). <em>Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.</em> 354: 1-70. [29 October 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/226839
page(s): 25 [details] 

additional source 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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Conchology (Fissurella maxima) 
To Malacopics (Fissurella maxima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Chile, Tarapacá, Iquique, San Marcos, Caleta, collected 1988, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) 
To Malacopics (Fissurella maxima G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fissurella maxima Sowerby, 1835, shell, dorsal view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fissurella maxima Sowerby, 1835, shell, lateral view) 
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