MolluscaBase taxon details
Pyramus Dana, 1847 †
1894812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1894812)
accepted
Genus
Pyramus myiformis Dana, 1847 † (type by subsequent designation)
Clarkia de Koninck, 1877 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Species Pyramus myiformis Dana, 1847 †
- Species Pyramus ellipticus Dana, 1847 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Dana, J. D. (1847). Appendix. Descriptions of Fossil Shells of the Collections of the Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, valley of the Hunter. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 4(10): 151-160., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27966396
page(s): 156 [details]
page(s): 156 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pyramus Dana, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1894812 on 2026-07-10
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original description
Dana, J. D. (1847). Appendix. Descriptions of Fossil Shells of the Collections of the Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, valley of the Hunter. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 4(10): 151-160., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27966396
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Clarkia de Koninck, 1877 †) de Koninck, L. G. (1877). Recherches sur les fossils Paléozoïques de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud (Australie). Troisiéme partie. Fossiles carboniferères. F. Hayez, Bruxelles, pp. 141-373 + 24 pls., available online at https://books.google.ca/books?id=4sAoAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50536473
page(s): 266 [details]
additional source Cox, L. R. et al. (1969). Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. In: Moore, R.C. (Ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 2 vol., 951 pp.
page(s): 827 [details]
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Clarkia de Koninck, 1877 †) de Koninck, L. G. (1877). Recherches sur les fossils Paléozoïques de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud (Australie). Troisiéme partie. Fossiles carboniferères. F. Hayez, Bruxelles, pp. 141-373 + 24 pls., available online at https://books.google.ca/books?id=4sAoAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50536473
page(s): 266 [details]
additional source Cox, L. R. et al. (1969). Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. In: Moore, R.C. (Ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 2 vol., 951 pp.
page(s): 827 [details]
