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Cetomya Dall, 1889
456385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456385)
accepted
Genus
Poromya elongata Dall, 1886 accepted as Cetomya elongata (Dall, 1886) (type by subsequent designation)
Cetomya (Cetomya) Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cetomya (Perlaporomya) Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Perlaporomya Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983 · unaccepted
Poromya (Cetomya) Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Cetomya albida (Dall, 1886)
- Species Cetomya bacata Krylova, 2001
- Species Cetomya butoni (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Cetomya celsa Krylova, 2001
- Species Cetomya curta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
- Species Cetomya elongata (Dall, 1886)
- Species Cetomya eximia (Pelseneer, 1911)
- Species Cetomya intermedia (T. Habe, 1952)
- Species Cetomya malespinae (Ridewood, 1903)
- Species Cetomya nataliae Krylova, 2001
- Species Cetomya neaeroides (G. Seguenza, 1876)
- Species Cetomya niasensis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Cetomya orientalis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
- Species Cetomya perla (Dall, 1908)
- Species Cetomya poutiersi Krylova, 2001
- Species Cetomya scapha (Dall, 1902)
- Species Cetomya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Species Cetomya transversa (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
- Species Cetomya umbonata (Knudsen, 1982)
- Species Cetomya voskresenskii Krylova, 2001
- Subgenus Cetomya (Cetomya) Dall, 1889 accepted as Cetomya Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) albida (Dall, 1886) accepted as Cetomya albida (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) butoni (Prashad, 1932) accepted as Cetomya butoni (Prashad, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) elongata (Dall, 1886) accepted as Cetomya elongata (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) eximia (Pelseneer, 1911) accepted as Cetomya eximia (Pelseneer, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) accepted as Cetoconcha gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) malespinae (Ridewood, 1903) accepted as Cetomya malespinae (Ridewood, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) niasensis (Thiele, 1931) accepted as Cetomya niasensis (Thiele, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) orientalis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) accepted as Cetomya orientalis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) tornata (Jeffreys, 1876) accepted as Cetomya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) transversa (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) accepted as Cetomya transversa (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cetomya (Cetomya) umbonata (Knudsen, 1982) accepted as Cetomya umbonata (Knudsen, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Cetomya (Perlaporomya) Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983 accepted as Cetomya Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cetomya (Perlaporomya) perla (Dall, 1908) accepted as Cetomya perla (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cetomya Dall, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456385 on 2026-03-09
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original description
(of Poromya (Cetomya) Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 446, 452 [details]
original description (of Perlaporomya Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983) Scarlato, O. A.; Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1983). System of the bivalve molluscs of the superorder Septibranchia. In: Likharev, I. M. (Ed.) Molluscs. Their systematics, ecology and distribution. Abstracts of communications. Seventh meeting on the investigation of molluscs. Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 7-14.
page(s): 11 [details]
basis of record Krylova, E. M. (2001). Mollusques septibranches de la famille Poromyidae (Bivalvia: Poromyoidea) des régions tropicales du Pacifique occidental = Septibranchiate molluscs of the family Poromyidae (Bivalvia: Poromyoidea) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. <em>in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 185: 165-200. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Krylova, E. M. 1997. New taxa and the system of Recent representatives of the family Poromyidae (Bivalvia, Septibranchia, Poromyoidea). Ruthenica 7: 141-148.
page(s): 144 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 446, 452 [details]
original description (of Perlaporomya Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983) Scarlato, O. A.; Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1983). System of the bivalve molluscs of the superorder Septibranchia. In: Likharev, I. M. (Ed.) Molluscs. Their systematics, ecology and distribution. Abstracts of communications. Seventh meeting on the investigation of molluscs. Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 7-14.
page(s): 11 [details]
basis of record Krylova, E. M. (2001). Mollusques septibranches de la famille Poromyidae (Bivalvia: Poromyoidea) des régions tropicales du Pacifique occidental = Septibranchiate molluscs of the family Poromyidae (Bivalvia: Poromyoidea) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. <em>in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 185: 165-200. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Krylova, E. M. 1997. New taxa and the system of Recent representatives of the family Poromyidae (Bivalvia, Septibranchia, Poromyoidea). Ruthenica 7: 141-148.
page(s): 144 [details] Available for editors
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
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Introduced: alien
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