WoRMS name details
Cytheraea delessertii G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
1438988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438988)
unaccepted
Species
Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
Cytherea nitidula Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea nitidula Lamarck, 1805; C. delessertii is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Emendations to the monographs of Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 785-787, pl. 168. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937148
page(s): 785, pl. 128, fig. 25 [details]
page(s): 785, pl. 128, fig. 25 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cytheraea delessertii G. B. Sowerby II, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438988 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Emendations to the monographs of Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 785-787, pl. 168. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937148
page(s): 785, pl. 128, fig. 25 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 785, pl. 128, fig. 25 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
