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Mya rugata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
1598496 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598496)
accepted
Species
Mactra rugata G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Mactra rugata G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 249, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 249, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Argentina
type locality contained in Argentina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mya rugata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598496 on 2025-09-12
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(of Mactra rugata G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 249, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 249, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
