MolluscaBase taxon details
Actinopteria halleana (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
1806857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1806857)
accepted
Species
Actinopteria decussata (J. Hall, 1843) † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Avicula...)
junior homonym of Avicula decussata Münster, 1835; Avicula halleana is a replacement name
Avicula decussata J. Hall, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Avicula...)
junior homonym of Avicula decussata Münster, 1835; Avicula halleana is a replacement name
Avicula halleana A. d'Orbigny, 1850 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) decussata (J. Hall, 1843) † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Avicula...)
junior homonym of Avicula decussata Münster, 1835; Avicula halleana is a replacement name
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Avicula halleana A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373
page(s): 86, no. 743 [details]
page(s): 86, no. 743 [details]
Type locality contained in New York
type locality contained in New York [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actinopteria halleana (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1806857 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Avicula decussata J. Hall, 1843 †) Hall, J. (1843). Geology of New-York. Part IV, comprising the survey of the fourth geological district. <em>Natural History of New York.</em> 4: 1-683., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55361967
page(s): 203, textfig. 82(1, 2) [details]
original description (of Avicula halleana A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373
page(s): 86, no. 743 [details]
page(s): 203, textfig. 82(1, 2) [details]
original description (of Avicula halleana A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373
page(s): 86, no. 743 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination New combination established herein - Avicula decussata J. Hall, 1843 is a junior homonym of Avicula decussata Münster, 1835 and was replaced by Avicula halleana d'Orbigny, 1850, but the replacement name seems to have been overlooked by subsequent authors. [details]
