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Poromya (Poromya) Forbes, 1844
572638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572638)
unaccepted
Subgenus
Poromya anatinoides Forbes, 1844 accepted as Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839) (type by monotypy)
- Species Poromya (Poromya) gloriosa Prashad, 1932 accepted as Poromya gloriosa Prashad, 1932 accepted as Cetoconcha gloriosa (Prashad, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Poromya (Poromya) houbricki F. R. Bernard, 1989 accepted as Poromya houbricki F. R. Bernard, 1989
- Species Poromya (Poromya) pergranosa Prashad, 1932 accepted as Poromya australis E. A. Smith, 1885
- Species Poromya (Poromya) tauromagna Sacco, 1901 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Poromya Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 191 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Poromya (Poromya) Forbes, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572638 on 2025-09-12
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(of Poromya Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 191 [details]
basis of record Bernard, F. R. (1989). Six new species of the order Septibranchia (Bivalvia) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Venus.</em> 48(2): 61-66. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 449 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
basis of record Bernard, F. R. (1989). Six new species of the order Septibranchia (Bivalvia) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Venus.</em> 48(2): 61-66. [details] Available for editors

additional source Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 449 [details]