WoRMS taxon details
Kidderia pusilla (A. Gould, 1850)
505189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505189)
accepted
Species
Cyamium (Cyamionema) decoratum Melvill & Standen, 1914 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cyamium decoratum Melvill & Standen, 1914 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mytilus pusillus A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus pusillus A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 345. [details]
page(s): 345. [details]
Type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego
type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kidderia pusilla (A. Gould, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505189 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mytilus pusillus A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 345. [details]
original description (of Cyamium (Cyamionema) decoratum Melvill & Standen, 1914) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1914). Notes on Mollusca collected in the north-west Falklands by Mr. Rupert Vallentin, F. L. S., with descriptions of six new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 13: 110-136, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640869
page(s): 131-132, pl. 7, figs 5-5b. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 345. [details]
original description (of Cyamium (Cyamionema) decoratum Melvill & Standen, 1914) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1914). Notes on Mollusca collected in the north-west Falklands by Mr. Rupert Vallentin, F. L. S., with descriptions of six new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 13: 110-136, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640869
page(s): 131-132, pl. 7, figs 5-5b. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]





To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Mytilus pusillus. Gould, 1850. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 345 - catalog no. 55453) (from synonym Mytilus pusillus A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mytilus pusillus A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mytilus pusillus A. Gould, 1850)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym