MolluscaBase - Perna torta Say, 1820 †

MolluscaBase name details

Perna torta Say, 1820 †

AphiaID

1818635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1818635)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Isognomon (Hippochaeta) torta (Say, 1820) † represented as Isognomon torta (Say, 1820) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Perna Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786

Original name

Perna torta Say, 1820 †

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Say, T. (1820). Observations on some species of zoophytes, shells, & c. principally fossil. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 2, 34-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31477303
page(s): 38-39 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Maryland

type locality contained in Maryland [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Perna torta Say, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1818635 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-06-16 06:52:18Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Say, T. (1820). Observations on some species of zoophytes, shells, & c. principally fossil. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 2, 34-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31477303
page(s): 38-39 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality