WoRMS taxon details
Batissa laevigata (Schumacher, 1817)
992011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:992011)
accepted
Species
Batissa capillata Preston, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Batissa inflata Prime, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Batissa similis Prime, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cyclas laevigata Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded combination
brackish
(of Cyclas laevigata Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 170, pl. 12, fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 170, pl. 12, fig. 1. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Batissa laevigata (Schumacher, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992011 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Batissa capillata Preston, 1908) Preston, H. B. (1908). Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 2(2): 187-210, pls 14-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35163982
page(s): 207, pl. 16, fig. 39. [details]
original description (of Batissa similis Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Description of two new species of the genus <i>Batissa</i>, with notes on that genus. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7: 112-115., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16227547#page/128/mode/1up
page(s): 112-113 [details]
original description (of Batissa inflata 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 Cyclas laevigata Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 170, pl. 12, fig. 1. [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> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
page(s): 207, pl. 16, fig. 39. [details]
original description (of Batissa similis Prime, 1860) Prime, T. (1860). Description of two new species of the genus <i>Batissa</i>, with notes on that genus. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7: 112-115., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16227547#page/128/mode/1up
page(s): 112-113 [details]
original description (of Batissa inflata 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 Cyclas laevigata Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 170, pl. 12, fig. 1. [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> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Batissa inflata Prime, 1860)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Batissa similis Prime, 1860)
To Malacopics (Batissa laevigata (Schumacher, 1817) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, collected 196...
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Batissa similis Prime, 1860)
To Malacopics (Batissa laevigata (Schumacher, 1817) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, collected 196...
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