MolluscaBase name details
Pleurophorus W. King, 1844 †
1045696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1045696)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1842 [Coleoptera]; Permophorus is a replacement name)
Genus
Arca costata T. Brown, 1841 † accepted as Permophorus costatus (T. Brown, 1841) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Pleurophorus acuteplicatus W. H. Waagen, 1881 † accepted as Permophorus costatus (T. Brown, 1841) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurophorus devonicus Beushausen, 1884 † accepted as Montanaria devonica (Beushausen, 1884) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurophorus elegans Kirkby, 1880 † accepted as Paracarbonicola elegans (Kirkby, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurophorus jacobi Stache, 1878 † accepted as Unionites jacobi (Stache, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurophorus ohioensis Stauffer & Schroyer, 1920 † accepted as Anthraconaia ohioensis (Stauffer & Schroyer, 1920) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurophorus subcostatus Meek & Worthen, 1866 † accepted as Anthraconaia williamsoni (T. Brown, 1849) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurophorus subellipticus Meek, 1867 † accepted as Volsellina subelliptica (Meek, 1867) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurophorus zealandicus Trechmann, 1918 † accepted as Triaphorus zealandicus (Trechmann, 1918) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
King W. (1844). On a new genus of Palæozoic shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 14: 313-317., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331588
page(s): 313 [details]
page(s): 313 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurophorus W. King, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1045696 on 2025-09-11
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original description
King W. (1844). On a new genus of Palæozoic shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 14: 313-317., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331588
page(s): 313 [details]
redescription King, W. (1848). A catalogue of the organic remains of the Permien rocks of Northumberland and Durham. Published by the author, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 16 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58689243
page(s): 11; note: again cited as new [details]
page(s): 313 [details]
redescription King, W. (1848). A catalogue of the organic remains of the Permien rocks of Northumberland and Durham. Published by the author, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 16 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58689243
page(s): 11; note: again cited as new [details]
