WoRMS taxon details
Lyonsia alvarezii A. d'Orbigny, 1846
506776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506776)
accepted
Species
marine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 517, pl. 81 fig. 15-17 [details]
page(s): 517, pl. 81 fig. 15-17 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lyonsia alvarezii A. d'Orbigny, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506776 on 2026-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 517, pl. 81 fig. 15-17 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 517, pl. 81 fig. 15-17 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Pimenta, A. D. & Oliveira, C. D. C. (2013). Taxonomic review of the genus <i>Lyonsia</i> (Pelecypoda: Lyonsiidae) from east coast of South America, with description of a new species and notes on other Western Atlantic species. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 31(1): 75-84., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.4003/006.031.0119 [details]
Other
additional source
Machado F.M., Passos F.D. & Giribet G. (2019). The use of micro-computed tomography as a minimally invasive tool for anatomical study of bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 186: 46-75.
note: micro-CT anatomy [details]
note: micro-CT anatomy [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality