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Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
507420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507420)
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Species
Petricola (Rupellaria) bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 · alternative representation
Petricola albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Petricola typica (Jonas, 1844), sensu G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted > misapplication
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Petricola</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2: 771-777, pl. 166. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075997
page(s): 776, pl. 166 fig. 22 [details]
page(s): 776, pl. 166 fig. 22 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507420 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Petricola</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2: 771-777, pl. 166. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075997
page(s): 776, pl. 166 fig. 22 [details]
original description (of Petricola albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 246, pl. 66, sp. 1737. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 201 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 244. [details]
additional source 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]
status source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
page(s): 776, pl. 166 fig. 22 [details]
original description (of Petricola albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 246, pl. 66, sp. 1737. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 201 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 244. [details]
additional source 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]
status source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Petricola typica (Jonas, 1844), sensu G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Petricola bicolor)
To Conchology (Petricola bicolor)
To Conchology (Petricola bicolor)
To Malacopics (Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 Bahamas, City of Freeport, West End, embedded in rock, at 1.8 m depth, collected 1984-06-29, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Petricola bicolor)
To Conchology (Petricola bicolor)
To Conchology (Petricola bicolor)
To Malacopics (Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 Bahamas, City of Freeport, West End, embedded in rock, at 1.8 m depth, collected 1984-06-29, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
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