MolluscaBase taxon details
Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
420926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420926)
accepted
Species
Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Cyrena bullata G. B. Sowerby II, 1877 · unaccepted
Cyrena californica Prime, 1865 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)
unjustified emendation of californiensis
Cyrena californiensis Prime, 1860 · unaccepted
Cyrena caroliniensis Deshayes, 1835 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801)
Cyrena insignis Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted
Cyrena sordida Hanley, 1844 · unaccepted
Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted
Polymesoda (Polymesoda) caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) · alternative representation
(of Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L. A. G. (1801). Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> vol. 1, 343 p.; vol. 2, 330 p.; vol. 3, 292 p.; vol. 4, 280 p.; vol. 5, 255 p., 1 table, 44 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10436
page(s): 3: pl. 18, fig. 4 [details]
(of Cyrena caroliniensis Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 3: pl. 18, fig. 4 [details]
(of Cyrena caroliniensis Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099
page(s): 276 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420926 on 2026-08-12
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original description
(of Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L. A. G. (1801). Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> vol. 1, 343 p.; vol. 2, 330 p.; vol. 3, 292 p.; vol. 4, 280 p.; vol. 5, 255 p., 1 table, 44 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10436
page(s): 3: pl. 18, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Cyrena insignis Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Cyrena caroliniensis Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 162 [details]
page(s): 3: pl. 18, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Cyrena insignis Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Cyrena caroliniensis Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 162 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymesoda caroliniana)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1478791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymesoda caroliniana)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1478791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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