MolluscaBase - Cyrena (Veloritina) Meek, 1871 †

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Cyrena (Veloritina) Meek, 1871 †

AphiaID

1505261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1505261)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Veloritina Meek, 1871 †

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Cyrena Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Corbicula (Veloritina) Meek, 1871 †

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Species Cyrena (Veloritina) erecta C. A. White, 1876 † accepted as Corbicula securis Meek, 1873 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Corbicula (Veloritina) Meek, 1871 †) Meek, F. B. (1871). Preliminary paleontological report consisting of lists of fossils, with descriptions of some new types, etc. <em>United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, annual report.</em> 4: 287-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30326788
page(s): 294 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyrena (Veloritina) Meek, 1871 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1505261 on 2025-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-12 11:57:48Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-11-21 12:29:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2023-03-07 14:43:01Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)

original description (of Corbicula (Veloritina) Meek, 1871 †) Meek, F. B. (1871). Preliminary paleontological report consisting of lists of fossils, with descriptions of some new types, etc. <em>United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, annual report.</em> 4: 287-318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30326788
page(s): 294 [details]