MolluscaBase - Velorita Deshayes, 1855

WoRMS name details

Velorita Deshayes, 1855

AphiaID

1258072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258072)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unjustified emendation of Villorita Gray, 1833)

Accepted name

Villorita J. E. Gray, 1833

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cyrenidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Original name

Velorita Deshayes, 1855

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Species Velorita cochinensis (Hanley, 1859) accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)
Species Velorita delicatula Preston, 1916 accepted as Villorita delicatula Preston, 1916
Species Velorita parvula Prime, 1867 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)

Environment

brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 240 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Velorita Deshayes, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258072 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-03 06:05:16Z

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Köhler, Frank

2019-07-13 13:52:18Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2019-07-13 20:50:54Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 240 [details]

Other

additional source Prime, T. (1864-1867). Notes on species of the family Corbiculadae, with figures. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 8(3): 57-92 [June 1864]; 8(6): 213-237 [April 1866]; 8: 414-418 [1867]. New York., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022305
page(s): 235-236 [details]