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Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) 
AphiaID: 420735

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pteria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pteria Scopoli, 1777
Synonymised
taxa
  Avicula atlantica Lamarck, 1819
Avicula cornea Reeve, 1857 (dubious synonym)
Avicula jamaicensis Dunker, 1879 (dubious synonym)
Avicula nigrofusca Dunker, 1872 (dubious synonym)
Pinctada colymbus Röding, 1798 (original combination)
Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819)
Sources  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]

status source: Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Distribution Angola (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Aruba [details]
Bonaire [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Colombia [details]
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba [details]
Curaçao [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Jamaica [details]
Panama [details]
San Andres [details]
Venezuela [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Image 
Pteria colymbus
Pteria colymbus
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420735
Taxonomic
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z  created  db_admin
2010-03-09 16:12:34Z  changed  Tëmkin, Ilya
  
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  Citation: Tëmkin, I. (2013). Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420735 on 2013-06-18
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