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Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833
987299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:987299)
accepted
Genus
Cyrena cyprinoides J. E. Gray, 1825 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (type by monotypy)
Corbicula (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833)
Cyrena (Velorita) J. E. Gray, 1840 † · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833)
Velorita J. E. Gray, 1840 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833)
- Species Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825)
- Species Villorita imbricata Cossmann, 1886 †
- Species Villorita cochinensis (Hanley, 1859) accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)
- Species Villorita corbiculoides Prashad, 1927 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Villorita cornucopia Prashad, 1921 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Villorita delicatula Preston, 1916 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (J. E. Gray, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 31, fig. 5 [legend] [details]
page(s): pl. 31, fig. 5 [legend] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=987299 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 31, fig. 5 [legend] [details]
original description (of Velorita J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 149 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 143 [details]
additional source Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 235-236 [details]
page(s): pl. 31, fig. 5 [legend] [details]
original description (of Velorita J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 149 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 143 [details]
additional source Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 235-236 [details]
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