WoRMS taxon details
Dimya argentea Dall, 1886
420774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420774)
accepted
Species
marine
Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 223, pl. 4 fig. 5, 5b [details]
page(s): 223, pl. 4 fig. 5, 5b [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dimya argentea Dall, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420774 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 223, pl. 4 fig. 5, 5b [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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page(s): 223, pl. 4 fig. 5, 5b [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
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Waller, T. R. (2012). Morphology, phylogeny, and systematic revision of genera in the Dimyidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 86(5): 829-851., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/12-004.1
page(s): 847 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Waller, T. R. (2012). Morphology, phylogeny, and systematic revision of genera in the Dimyidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 86(5): 829-851., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/12-004.1
page(s): 847 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
