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Platymyoidea dilatata (Agassiz, 1843) †

1740197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740197)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
  9. Pandoroidea (Superfamily)
  10. Laternulidae (Family)
  11. [unassigned] Laternulidae † (Subfamily)
  12. Platymyoidea † (Genus)
  13. Platymyoidea dilatata † (Species)
accepted
Species
Platymyoidea L. R. Cox, 1964 †
Platymya dilatata Agassiz, 1843 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Platymya dilatata 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): 181-182, pl. 10, figs 13, 14 [details] 
Type locality contained in Switzerland  
type locality contained in Switzerland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Platymyoidea dilatata (Agassiz, 1843) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740197 on 2026-10-03
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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Platymya dilatata 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): 181-182, pl. 10, figs 13, 14 [details] 

basis of record 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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