ERMS taxon details
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
140891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140891)
accepted
Species
Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Avicula britannica Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Avicula undata Dunker, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857) · unaccepted
marine
(of Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
Note not specified [southern seas and Mediterranean]
Type locality not specified [southern seas and Mediterranean] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140891 on 2025-07-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140891 on 2025-07-06
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original description
(of Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus <i>Avicula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]
original description (of Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung <i>Avicula</i> in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. <em>in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 68, pl. 24, figs 1, 4 [details]
original description (of Avicula undata Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung <i>Avicula</i> in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. <em>in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 68, pl. 24, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Avicula britannica Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]
original description (of Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 148 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 230-231 [details]
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus <i>Avicula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]
original description (of Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung <i>Avicula</i> in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. <em>in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 68, pl. 24, figs 1, 4 [details]
original description (of Avicula undata Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung <i>Avicula</i> in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. <em>in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 68, pl. 24, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Avicula britannica Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]
original description (of Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 148 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 230-231 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality not specified [southern seas and Mediterranean] [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications) (from synonym Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826)
To Conchology (Pteria hirundo)
To Conchology (Pteria hirundo)
To Conchology (Pteria hirundo)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteria hirundo)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, Golfe de Porto, by fish...
To Malacopics (Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula undata Dunker, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula britannica Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857))
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications) (from synonym Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826)
To Conchology (Pteria hirundo)
To Conchology (Pteria hirundo)
To Conchology (Pteria hirundo)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteria hirundo)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, Golfe de Porto, by fish...
To Malacopics (Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula undata Dunker, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula britannica Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857))
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
.jpg "To Malacopics (Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, Golfe de Porto, by fish...")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758))")
