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Fissurella virescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
575126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:575126)
accepted
Species
Fissurella nigropunctata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megatebennus cokeri Dall, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of shells collected by Mr. Cuming 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: 123–128. [20 March 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568466
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fissurella virescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575126 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of shells collected by Mr. Cuming 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: 123–128. [20 March 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568466
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Fissurella nigropunctata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) 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): 75, fig. 51 [details]
original description (of Megatebennus cokeri Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390
page(s): 178, pl. 24, figs 3, 7 [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
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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 Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Fissurella nigropunctata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) 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): 75, fig. 51 [details]
original description (of Megatebennus cokeri Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390
page(s): 178, pl. 24, figs 3, 7 [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
[request]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 Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Fissurella virescens)
To Malacopics (Fissurella virescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 Panama, Panamá, Isla Taboga, collected March 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Fissurella virescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 Panama, Panamá, Isla Taboga, collected March 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
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