MolluscaBase name details
Cytherea (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 †
1733908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1733908)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Pitar (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 † represented as Pitar Römer, 1857
Subgenus
Cytherea ovalina Deshayes, 1857 † accepted as Pitar ovalinus (Deshayes, 1857) † (type by subsequent designation)
Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cossmann M. (1886). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 21: 17-186 (reprint paginated 3-174), pl. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5635834
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cytherea (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1733908 on 2025-09-12
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Cossmann M. (1886). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 21: 17-186 (reprint paginated 3-174), pl. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5635834
page(s): 117 [details]
subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1887). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris, faisant suite aux travaux paléontologiques de G. P. Deshayes, par M. Cossmann. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie, serie 3.</em> 34(4): 329-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071220
page(s): 331 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1887). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris, faisant suite aux travaux paléontologiques de G. P. Deshayes, par M. Cossmann. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie, serie 3.</em> 34(4): 329-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071220
page(s): 331 [details]
