MolluscaBase taxon details
Batissa tenebrosa (Hinds, 1842)
992004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:992004)
accepted
Species
Batissa gracilis Prime, 1860 · unaccepted
Batissa megadesma Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted
Batissa minor Prime, 1860 · unaccepted
Batissa tenebrosa var. parallela Mousson, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Batissa unioniformis Prime, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena obesa Hinds, 1842 · unaccepted
Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Variety Batissa tenebrosa var. parallela Mousson, 1865 accepted as Batissa tenebrosa (Hinds, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
brackish, fresh
(of Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842) Hinds, R. B. (1842). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 10 (63): 81-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323966
page(s): 81. [details]
page(s): 81. [details]
Type locality contained in Fiji
type locality contained in Fiji [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Batissa tenebrosa (Hinds, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992004 on 2025-06-30
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original description
(of Batissa megadesma Deshayes, 1854) 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): 14 [details]
original description (of Batissa unioniformis Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Descriptions of new shells from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 319-322., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866871
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Batissa gracilis Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Descriptions of new shells from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 319-322., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866871
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Cyrena obesa Hinds, 1842) Hinds, R. B. (1842). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 10 (63): 81-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323966
page(s): 81. [details]
original description (of Batissa minor Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Descriptions of new shells from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 319-322., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866871
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842) Hinds, R. B. (1842). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 10 (63): 81-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323966
page(s): 81. [details]
original description (of Batissa tenebrosa var. parallela Mousson, 1865) Mousson, A. (1865). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de quelques îles de l'océan Pacifique, recueillies par M. le Dr. E. Graeffe. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13(2): 164-209, pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133775
page(s): 207 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Batissa unioniformis Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Descriptions of new shells from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 319-322., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866871
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Batissa gracilis Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Descriptions of new shells from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 319-322., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866871
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Cyrena obesa Hinds, 1842) Hinds, R. B. (1842). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 10 (63): 81-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323966
page(s): 81. [details]
original description (of Batissa minor Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Descriptions of new shells from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 319-322., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866871
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842) Hinds, R. B. (1842). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 10 (63): 81-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323966
page(s): 81. [details]
original description (of Batissa tenebrosa var. parallela Mousson, 1865) Mousson, A. (1865). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de quelques îles de l'océan Pacifique, recueillies par M. le Dr. E. Graeffe. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13(2): 164-209, pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133775
page(s): 207 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Batissa tenebrosa var. parallela Mousson, 1865) ZMZ 532131 [details]
