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Psammotreta obesa (Deshayes, 1855) 
AphiaID: 606788

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Psammotreta (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Psammotreta Dall, 1900
Synonymised
taxa
  Arcopagia medialis Conrad, 1857
Arcopagia unda Conrad, 1857
Leporimetis obesa (Deshayes, 1855)
Psammotreta (Leporimetis) obesa (Deshayes, 1855)
Scrobicularia biangulata Carpenter, 1856
Tellina alta Conrad, 1837 (invalid: junior homonym of Tellina alta Conrad, 1833)
Tellina obesa Deshayes, 1855 (original combination)
Tellina turgida Deshayes, 1855
Sources  basis of record (from synonym): Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 43 [details] [view taxon]


redescription (from synonym): 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Deshayes, M.G.P. 1855. Descriptions of new shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22 (for 1854): 317-371.
page(s): 354 [details] [view taxon]


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Psammotreta obesa
Psammotreta obesa
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Psammotreta obesa
Psammotreta obesa
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606788
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2012-07-31 09:14:34Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Psammotreta obesa (Deshayes, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606788 on 2013-06-19
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