MolluscaBase taxon details
Platymyoidea L. R. Cox, 1964 †
1740193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740193)
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Genus
Platymya dilatata Agassiz, 1843 † accepted as Platymyoidea dilatata (Agassiz, 1843) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Platymya Agassiz, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Platymya...)
junior homonym of Platymya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Platymyoidea is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Cox, L. R. (1964). Notes concerning the taxonomy and nomenclature of fossil Bivalvia (mainly Mesozoic). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 36(1): 39-48, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064935
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Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Platymya Agassiz, 1843, non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera].
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Platymya Agassiz, 1843, non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Platymyoidea L. R. Cox, 1964 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740193 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Cox, L. R. (1964). Notes concerning the taxonomy and nomenclature of fossil Bivalvia (mainly Mesozoic). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 36(1): 39-48, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064935
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †) Agassiz, J. L. R. (1842-1845). Études Critiques sur les Mollusques Fossiles. 3e Livraison. Contenant les Myes du Jura et de la Craie Suisses. Published by the author, Neuchatel, 143-283 pp. + 93 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016375
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †) Agassiz, J. L. R. (1842-1845). Études Critiques sur les Mollusques Fossiles. 3e Livraison. Contenant les Myes du Jura et de la Craie Suisses. Published by the author, Neuchatel, 143-283 pp. + 93 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2016375
page(s): 180 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Platymya Agassiz, 1843, non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platymya) (from synonym Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †)
To Genbank (from synonym Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †)
To Genbank (from synonym Platymya Agassiz, 1843 †)