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Gemma Deshayes, 1853
156802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156802)
accepted
Genus
Venus gemma Totten, 1834 accepted as Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) (type by monotypy)
Tottenia G. H. Perkins, 1870 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Totteniana G. H. Perkins, 1869 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Venus (Gemma) Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
- Species Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
- Species Gemma fretensis Rehder, 1939 accepted as Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
- Species Gemma purpurea (H. C. Lea, 1842) accepted as Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
- Species Gemma tottenii W. Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
- Species Gemma magna Dall, 1903 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Gemma ovata Mansfield, 1932 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Gemma trigona Dall, 1903 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. 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): 112 [details]
page(s): 112 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gemma Deshayes, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156802 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. 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): 112 [details]
original description (of Totteniana G. H. Perkins, 1869) Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Tottenia G. H. Perkins, 1870) Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Totteniana G. H. Perkins, 1869) Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Tottenia G. H. Perkins, 1870) Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 428 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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