WoRMS taxon details
Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
156983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156983)
accepted
Family
Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (type by original designation)
Propeamussidae [sic] · unaccepted (Spelling variation)
- Genus Catillopecten Iredale, 1939
- Genus Cyclopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
- Genus Filamussium T. R. Waller, 2006 †
- Genus Parvamussium Sacco, 1897
- Genus Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884
- Genus Pseudovariamussium Panteleev, 1974 †
- Genus Similipecten Winckworth, 1932
- Genus Actinula [sic] accepted as Arctinula Thiele, 1934 accepted as Similipecten Winckworth, 1932 (misspelling)
- Genus Arctinula Thiele, 1934 accepted as Similipecten Winckworth, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bathyamussium T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bathypecten Schein-Fatton, 1985 accepted as Catillopecten Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ctenamusium Iredale, 1929 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ctenamussium [sic] accepted as Ctenamusium Iredale, 1929 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Flavamussium T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Glyptamusium Iredale, 1939 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Luteamussium Oyama, 1951 accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Micramussium Oyama, 1951 accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Occultamussium Korobkov, 1936 † accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paramusium A. E. Verrill, 1897 accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paramussium [sic] accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Polynemamussium T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Propeamusium [sic] accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Squamamussium Oyama, 1944 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Variamussium Sacco, 1897 accepted as Parvamussium Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Abbott, R. T. (1954). <i>American Seashells</i>. New York: Van Nostrand. xiv, 541 pp, 40 pls.
page(s): 361, 369 [details]
page(s): 361, 369 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156983 on 2026-03-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Abbott, R. T. (1954). <i>American Seashells</i>. New York: Van Nostrand. xiv, 541 pp, 40 pls.
page(s): 361, 369 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
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page(s): 361, 369 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 255 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201
page(s): 72, 121 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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. [details]
page(s): 72, 121 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription 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. [details]
Other
additional source
Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ワタゾコツキヒ科 | [details] |
