MolluscaBase taxon details
Platymyoidea L. R. Cox, 1964 †
1740193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740193)
accepted
Genus
Platymya dilatata Agassiz, 1843 † accepted as Platymyoidea dilatata (Agassiz, 1843) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Platymya Agassiz, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Platymya...)
junior homonym of Platymya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Platymyoidea is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Cox, L. R. (1964). Notes concerning the taxonomy and nomenclature of fossil Bivalvia (mainly Mesozoic). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 36(1): 39-48, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064935
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Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Platymya Agassiz, 1843, non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera].
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Platymya Agassiz, 1843, non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Platymyoidea L. R. Cox, 1964 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740193 on 2026-09-16
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original description
Cox, L. R. (1964). Notes concerning the taxonomy and nomenclature of fossil Bivalvia (mainly Mesozoic). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 36(1): 39-48, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064935
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †) Agassiz, L. (1842-1845). <i>Études critiques sur les mollusques fossiles. 2. Monographie des Myes</i>. E. Wolfrath, Neuchâtel, I-III, 1-142, pls 1-8, appendice [1842]; IV-IX, 143-230, pls 9-20 [1842; 1843?]; X-XXII, 231-287, pls 21-39 [1845]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016095, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016375
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †) Agassiz, L. (1842-1845). <i>Études critiques sur les mollusques fossiles. 2. Monographie des Myes</i>. E. Wolfrath, Neuchâtel, I-III, 1-142, pls 1-8, appendice [1842]; IV-IX, 143-230, pls 9-20 [1842; 1843?]; X-XXII, 231-287, pls 21-39 [1845]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016095, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016375
page(s): 180 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Platymya Agassiz, 1843, non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platymya) (from synonym Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †)
To Genbank (from synonym Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †)
To Genbank (from synonym Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †)
