WoRMS taxon details
Theora iridescens (Hinds, 1843)
507329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507329)
accepted
Species
Neaera iridescens Hinds, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Theora hindsiana Preston, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Neaera iridescens Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of <i>Neaera</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., made during a voyage round the world, and from that of Hugh Cuming, Esq., obtained during his visit to the Philippines; with notices of the synonymy. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680053
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
Type locality contained in Luzon
type locality contained in Luzon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Theora iridescens (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507329 on 2025-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Neaera iridescens Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of <i>Neaera</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., made during a voyage round the world, and from that of Hugh Cuming, Esq., obtained during his visit to the Philippines; with notices of the synonymy. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680053
page(s): 78 [details]
original description (of Theora hindsiana Preston, 1916) Preston, H. B. (1916). Report on a small collection of marine Mollusca dredged in shallow water in the Andaman Islands. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 12(2): 87-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11131543
page(s): 99, figs 18, 18a [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): 78 [details]
original description (of Theora hindsiana Preston, 1916) Preston, H. B. (1916). Report on a small collection of marine Mollusca dredged in shallow water in the Andaman Islands. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 12(2): 87-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11131543
page(s): 99, figs 18, 18a [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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
McChesney S. (1997). The benthic invertebrate community of the intertidal mudflat at the Mai Po Marshes Nature. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
