WoRMS name details
Cytheraea formosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1851
1438994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438994)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 620, pl. 129, fig. 47 [details]
page(s): 620, pl. 129, fig. 47 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cytheraea formosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438994 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 620, pl. 129, fig. 47 [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): 620, pl. 129, fig. 47 [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Hsiao, S.-T.; Chuang, S.-C. (2023). <i>Meretrix taiwanica</i> (Bivalvia: Veneridae), a previously misidentified new species in Taiwan. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 43(1): 12-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2023.2189428
page(s): fig. 6D (syntype figured) [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hsiao, S.-T.; Chuang, S.-C. (2023). <i>Meretrix taiwanica</i> (Bivalvia: Veneridae), a previously misidentified new species in Taiwan. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 43(1): 12-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2023.2189428
page(s): fig. 6D (syntype figured) [details] Available for editors
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