MolluscaBase taxon details
Pegophysema sphericula (Basedow, 1902) †
1658678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1658678)
accepted
Species
Anodontia sphericula (Basedow, 1902) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Glycimeris australis var. gigantea Chapman, 1915 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Meretrix sphericula Basedow, 1902 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Meretrix sphericula Basedow, 1902 †) Basedow, H. (1902). Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the Miocene limestone near Edithburg (including notes by the late professor Ralph Tate). <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 26(2): 130-132, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26249985
page(s): 131, pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 131, pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pegophysema sphericula (Basedow, 1902) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1658678 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Glycimeris australis var. gigantea Chapman, 1915 †) Chapman, F. (1920). Report on a collection of fossils made by Dr. Wade from the Cainozoic series of South Australia. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Survey of South Australia.</em> 4: 44-50.
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Meretrix sphericula Basedow, 1902 †) Basedow, H. (1902). Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the Miocene limestone near Edithburg (including notes by the late professor Ralph Tate). <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 26(2): 130-132, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26249985
page(s): 131, pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Meretrix sphericula Basedow, 1902 †) Basedow, H. (1902). Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the Miocene limestone near Edithburg (including notes by the late professor Ralph Tate). <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 26(2): 130-132, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26249985
page(s): 131, pl. 2 fig. 2 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 66 [details]
