MolluscaBase taxon details
Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
575044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:575044)
accepted
Species
Cyrena altilis A. Gould, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cyrena fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1877 · unaccepted
Cyrena mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyrena olivacea P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted
Cyrena varians P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted
Polymesoda (Egetaria) mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polymesoda altilis (Gould, 1853) · unaccepted
Polymesoda olivacea (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) · unaccepted
marine
(of Cyrena mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 364 [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575044 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cyrena mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Cyrena altilis A. Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 400, pl. 16, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Cyrena olivacea P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Cyrena fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1877) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1876-1877). Monograph of the genus <i>Cyrena</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20, pl. 1-19 and unpaginated text. L. A. Reeve, London. [pls. 2-10, 1876, no month date; pls. 1, 11-19, 1877, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230337 [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Cyrena altilis A. Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 400, pl. 16, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Cyrena olivacea P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Cyrena fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1877) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1876-1877). Monograph of the genus <i>Cyrena</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20, pl. 1-19 and unpaginated text. L. A. Reeve, London. [pls. 2-10, 1876, no month date; pls. 1, 11-19, 1877, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230337 [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cyrena altilis Syntype USNM 2402) (from synonym Cyrena altilis A. Gould, 1853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
