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 superseded combination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 2025-09-10
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
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)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
