MolluscaBase - Myopholas multicostata (Agassiz, 1842) †

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Myopholas multicostata (Agassiz, 1842) †

AphiaID

1515631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1515631)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Myopholas Douvillé, 1907 †

Original name

Pholadomya multicostata Agassiz, 1842 †

Synonymised names

Pholadomya multicostata Agassiz, 1842 † · unaccepted

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Subspecies Myopholas multicostata exilis S.-X. Wen, 1979 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Subspecies Myopholas multicostata tenuistriata S.-X. Wen, 1979 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Pholadomya multicostata Agassiz, 1842 †) Agassiz, L. (1842-1845). Études critiques sur les mollusques fossiles. 2. Monographie des Myes. E. Wolfrath, Neuchâtel, I-III, 1-142, pls 1-8, appendice [1842]; IV-IX, 143-230, pls 9-20 [1842; 1843?]; X-XXII, 231-287, pls 21-39 [1845]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016095
page(s): 41, 52-54, pl. 2, figs 3, 4, pl. 3, fig. 10 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Great Britain

type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myopholas multicostata (Agassiz, 1842) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1515631 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2021-06-16 07:05:03Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Pholadomya multicostata Agassiz, 1842 †) Agassiz, L. (1842-1845). Études critiques sur les mollusques fossiles. 2. Monographie des Myes. E. Wolfrath, Neuchâtel, I-III, 1-142, pls 1-8, appendice [1842]; IV-IX, 143-230, pls 9-20 [1842; 1843?]; X-XXII, 231-287, pls 21-39 [1845]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016095
page(s): 41, 52-54, pl. 2, figs 3, 4, pl. 3, fig. 10 [details]

basis of record Douvillé, H. (1907). La lamellibranches cavicoles ou Desmodontes. <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, quatrième série.</em> 7: 96-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30560118 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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