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WoRMS taxon details

Timoclea costellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 86281)

AphiaID

216596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216596)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Timoclea T. Brown, 1827

Original name

Venus costellifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850

Synonymised names

Chione hizenensis Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus costellifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Venus costellifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 79, pl. 21, fig. 18. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Timoclea costellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216596 on 2026-03-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-21 08:42:41Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2021-11-05 22:49:03Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus costellifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 79, pl. 21, fig. 18. [details]

original description (of Chione hizenensis Pilsbry, 1904) Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Pelecypoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 56: 550-561, pls 39-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26316962
page(s): 553, pl. 41 figs 1-2 [details]

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 370, fig. row 2, columns 1-2. [details]

additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 266 [details]